Lipoatrofi efter insulininjektioner kan behandles ved lipografting

Pernille Strecker Lund, Helle Sjøstrand, Steen Henrik Matzen

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Abstract

Lipoatrophy is a known, albeit rare, side effect of insulin injections. We describe a case concerning a 17-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes, who was treated with an insulin pump. In the areas surrounding the injection point subcutaneous lipoatrophy occurred. Such lipoatrophy is of cosmetic importance, and it may incur glycaemic imbalance due to altered and unpredictable absorption of insulin in the atrophied areas. With no spontaneous regeneration of the atrophied areas observed the patient was successfully treated with lipofilling in the atrophied areas.

Bidragets oversatte titelLipoatrophy after insulin injections can be treated with lipofilling
OriginalsprogDansk
ArtikelnummerV07160480
TidsskriftUgeskrift for Læger
Vol/bind178
Antal sider2
ISSN0041-5782
StatusUdgivet - 2016

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