Facial lipohypertrophy in HIV-infected subjects who underwent autologous fat tissue transplantation

Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 15;40(2):e13-5. doi: 10.1086/426686. Epub 2004 Dec 21.

Abstract

Of 41 HIV-infected patients with facial lipoatrophy who underwent autologous fat transplantation, disfiguring facial lipohypertrophy at the graft site occurred at the same time as recurrent fat accumulation at the tissue harvest site in 4 patients who had had fat transferred from the dorsocervical fat pad or from subcutaneous abdominal tissue.

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism
  • Adipose Tissue / transplantation*
  • Adult
  • Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active / adverse effects
  • Face / surgery*
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome / complications*
  • HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Transplantation, Autologous