Two unusual features in a child with Berardinelli-Seip congenital generalised lipodystrophy
Author(s) -
MP Senanayake,
Irantha Karunaratne
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
ceylon medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2386-1274
pISSN - 0009-0875
DOI - 10.4038/cmj.v59i3.7480
Subject(s) - medical journal , medicine , ceylon , sri lanka , relevance (law) , family medicine , public health , lipodystrophy , medline , library science , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , law , pathology , political science , anthropology , viral load , south asia , sociology , computer science , programming language
Berardinelli-Seip congenital generalised lipodystrophy (BSCGL) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by congenital absence of functional adipocytes causing lipoatrophy, dyslipidemia and fat maldistribution [1]. Fat deposited in liver, heart and muscle result in stetosis-induced cirrhosis, cardiac failure, insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. We report two additional findings of aortic stenosis, and testicular microlithiasis in a Sri Lankan boy who fulfilled the clinical and metabolic diagnostic criteria of BSCGL.
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