Antiretroviral treatment-associated labia majora lipohypertrophy: a rare case and plastic surgical treatment options / Akmal Hisham … [et al.]

Hisham, Akmal and Ilenghoven, Devananthan and Wan Ahmad Kamal, Wan Syazli and Ibrahim, Salina and Mohd Yussof, Shah Jumaat (2017) Antiretroviral treatment-associated labia majora lipohypertrophy: a rare case and plastic surgical treatment options / Akmal Hisham … [et al.]. Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences, 2 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 0127-984X

Abstract

The emergence of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has revolutionized the prognosis of HIV-infected patients. However, the extended use of HAART is associated with a disfiguring complication termed lipodystrophy, a disorder of body fat maldistribution causing peripheral fat loss (lipoatrophy) and central fat accumulation (lipohypertrophy). Lipoatrophy commonly affects the face, legs, buttocks and arm, whilst lipohypertrophy frequently favours the abdomen, breast and dorsocervical region. To our knowledge, we present only the second documented case in the literature of a labia majora lipohypertrophy in a HIV-positive patient receiving long-term HAART. The severity of labial abnormality caused significant physical and functional morbidities. Labiaplasty with dermolipectomy of the labia majora and excisional lipectomy of the mons pubis was successfully performed. At a 6-month follow-up, patient had no recurrence with resolution of symptoms and resumption of normal activities of daily living (ADL).

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Hisham, Akmal
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Ilenghoven, Devananthan
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Wan Ahmad Kamal, Wan Syazli
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Ibrahim, Salina
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Mohd Yussof, Shah Jumaat
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Subjects: R Medicine > RC Internal Medicine > Specialties of internal medicine > Immunologic diseases. Allergy
R Medicine > RC Internal Medicine > Specialties of internal medicine
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor > Puncak Alam Campus > Faculty of Medicine
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences
UiTM Journal Collections: UiTM Journal > Journal of Clinical and Health Sciences (JCHS)
ISSN: 0127-984X
Volume: 2
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 1-5
Keywords: HIV-associated lipodystrophy, lipohypertrophy, lipoatrophy, labia majora
Date: June 2017
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30050
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