Facial lipohypertrophy in HIV-infected subjects who underwent autologous fat tissue transplantation.
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Abstract
Of 41 HIV-infected patients with facial lipoatrophy who underwent autologous fat transplantation, disfiguring facial lipohypertrophy at the graft site occurred at the same time as recurrent fat accumulation at the tissue harvest site in 4 patients who had had fat transferred from the dorsocervical fat pad or from subcutaneous abdominal tissue.
Medical subject headings
- Adipose Tissue
- Face
- HIV Infections
- HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome