Idiopathic lipoatrophic panniculitis in an adult treated with hydroxychloroquine and adipocyte grafting

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BACKGROUND: Idiopathic lipoatrophic panniculitis is a rare disease. Various terms are used in the literature to describe similar entities: annular lipoatrophy of the ankles, lipophagic panniculitis and lipoatrophic panniculitis. In any event, it consists of an inflammatory process progressing to necrosis of the fatty tissue.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: Herein we report the case of a 37-year-old woman presenting characteristic signs: erythematous, annular, symmetrical, painful, inflammatory lesions of the lower extremities, progressing to areas of atrophy with an indurated inflammatory periphery. Histopathology showed lobular panniculitis composed primarily of lymphocytes and macrophages. The etiological investigations ruled out all other causes of lobular panniculitis. The patient was successfully treated with hydroxychloroquine 400mg/day for 1 year and she subsequently underwent fat grafting on the secondary lesions.

DISCUSSION: Our literature review identified 23 reported cases of idiopathic lipoatrophic panniculitis since 2006, including 10 cases of annular ankle lipoatrophy. The most commonly used treatments are corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine and methotrexate, with good efficacy being seen on the inflammatory phase. This disease seems a good indication for fat grafting to limit aesthetic sequelae.

CONCLUSION: Lipoatrophic panniculitis, a rare disease, results in significant aesthetic sequelae which may be limited by early treatment initiation. The benefit-risk ratio of hydroxychloroquine suggests its value as first-line therapy in this pathology. Our case also demonstrates the value of filling of the secondary atrophy by fat grafting after the inflammatory period has ended.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:145

Enthalten in:

Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 145(2018), 11 vom: 26. Nov., Seite 694-701

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Panniculite lipoatrophiante idiopathique de l’adulte traitée par hydroxychloroquine et autogreffe de cellules graisseuses

Beteiligte Personen:

Cornille, H [VerfasserIn]
Adelmand, L [VerfasserIn]
Garmi, R [VerfasserIn]
Comoz, F [VerfasserIn]
Verneuil, L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4QWG6N8QKH
Annular lipoatrophy of the ankles
Autogreffe graisseuse
Case Reports
Fat grafting
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
Lipoatrophic panniculitis
Lipoatrophie annulaire des chevilles
Lipophagic panniculitis
Panniculite lipoatrophiante
Panniculite lipophagique

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Date Completed 14.06.2019

Date Revised 14.06.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annder.2018.07.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM28838511X