Volume : 7, Issue : 10, October - 2018

LIPOMATOUS LESION PRESENTING AS A "BUFFALO HUMP": CONSIDER RETROVIRAL DISEASE!

Jashnani Kusum D, Shetty Jyothi B, Nichat Prachi

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">HIV associated lipodystrophy is a well-known complication and can present as lipohypertrophy or lipoatrophy.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Along with issues of cosmesis and stigmatization, a principal concern that arises with lipodystrophy is a possible risk</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">of accelerated atherosclerosis.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">In the present report we studied the dorsocervical swellings in HIV infected patients by cytological examination and analysed the patient</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">characteristics and treatment details with regards to the swelling Presence of a dorsocervical swelling should prompt one to elicit history of</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">retroviral disease and antiretroviral therapy in the patient. Conversely, nape of neck swelling occurring in HIV infected patients is most likely</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size: 16px;">to be benign lipomatous lesion.</span></font></p>