Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome)

R F Viégas; R V Diniz; T M Viégas; E B Lira; D R Almeida

doi:10.1590/s0066-782x2000000900006

Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome)

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2000 Sep;75(3):243-8. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2000000900006.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Authors

R F Viégas¹, R V Diniz, T M Viégas, E B Lira, D R Almeida

Affiliation

¹ Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 11018810
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2000000900006

Abstract

Total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli - Seip Syndrome) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus and a small quantity of adipose tissue and is of unknown origin. Common cardiovascular alterations related to this syndrome are cardiac hypertrophy and arterial hypertension. This article reports a case of Berardinelli - Seip syndrome and reviews the literature with special emphasis on the cardiovascular manifestations of this syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Cardiomegaly / complications*
Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
Diabetes Mellitus, Lipoatrophic / complications*
Female
Humans
Insulin Resistance
Radiography
Ultrasonography