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Focal lipoatrophy
Author(s) -
Jablecki Charles K.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880170315
Subject(s) - lipoatrophy , atrophy , medicine , muscle atrophy , neuromuscular disease , anatomy , pathology , disease , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , antiretroviral therapy
Focal atrophy of a limb is usually caused by loss of muscle due to nerve or muscle disease. However, focal atrophy of subcutaneous tissues, an uncommon but well described entity, can mimic neuromuscular disease by producing a similar appearance of the limb. The clinical sign of thinness of the subcutaneous tissues (the “pinch‐an‐inch” test) suggests lipoatrophy as the cause of limb asymmetry. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.