Lipoatrophia semicircularis—a traumatic panniculitis: Report of seven cases and review of the literature

Nagore, Eduardo; Sanchez-Motilla, J. M.; Rodríguez‐Serna, Mercedes; Vilata, J.J.; Aliaga, Adolfo

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(98)70371-8

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“…Lipoatrophia semicircularis is an idiopathic disorder characterized by semiannular depressions of the skin of the thighs involving usually, but not exclusively, women in their thirties. Approximately 50 cases have been documented in the literature to date, indicating the rarity of this disorder [3].…”

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Annular Atrophy of the Ankles: An Unusual Case Associated with Bone Anomaly

Masala

G²,

Cottoni

2001

Dermatology

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Annular Atrophy of the Ankles: An Unusual Case Associated with Bone Anomaly

Masala

G²,

Cottoni

2001

Dermatology

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“…In February 2012, only 42 articles appeared with the keywords Lipoatrophia semicircularis (22 references) and semicircular lipoatrophy (20 references) in Medline. The small amount of literature is especially evident with regard to case descriptions 1, 22−25, 29, 30) , disease outbreaks 4,11,12,15,16) and casecontrol 6) and intervention studies 2) . As Table 1 shows, the desired relationship between cases and controls was 1 : 3, but the observed relationship was 1 : 2.1.…”

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Case‐control Study of Semicircular Lipoatrophy, a New Occupational Disease in Office Workers

Reinoso-Barbero

González-Gómez

Bélanger-Quintana

et al. 2013

Journal of Occupational Health

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Case‐control Study of Semicircular Lipoatrophy, a New Occupational Disease in Office Workers: Luis REINOSO‐BARBERO, et al. Occupational Medicine. Grupo Banco Popular (GBP), Spain— Objectives Semicircular lipoatrophy (SL) is an emerging occupational pathology. Its etiology is poorly understood. We intend to establish the probable risk factors and estimate the relative risk. Methods A case‐control study was performed. Our company had 55 diagnosed cases. As controls, we used the 3 closest healthy coworkers to each case. We calculated the chi square, odds ratio and logistic regression for different exposures, during the 3 years from September 2007 to August 2010. Results There was 100% participation for the cases and 70.9% for the controls (ratio 1 : 2.1 case‐control). The only risk variables found were female gender (p<0.02) and exposure to leaning on the edge of a table (p<0.01). In addition, a breakdown by sex objectifies a much stronger association with leaning on the edge of a table in women (p<0.01) than men (p 0.67). Conclusions Female gender and leaning on the edge of a table (repeated microtrauma), especially in women, are risk factors for development of SL. Other variables seem to be confounding factors associated with female gender. There were no SL cases showing statistically significant relations with history of cancer or autoimmune diseases. There was also no significance with regard to wearing jeans. There is therefore a new risk for office staff in addition to the more traditional disorders (musculoskeletal, ocular, and psychosocial). Further studies are necessary to evaluate what we consider an underdiagnosed condition, since there is a large percentage of people that are potentially exposed and we found very little information in the literature on the matter.

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“…Idiopathic acquired localized lipoatrophy has also been noted. Semicircular lipoatrophy is characterized by band-like horizontal depressions of the lower limbs [1][2][3]. Most patients are female and in their twenties and thirties.…”

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“…Semicircular lipoatrophy is an apparently very rare disease, and about 50 cases have been reported since it was first described by Gschwandtner and Munzberger [1] in 1974 [2,3]. It presents as semicircular atrophic cutaneous dents that occur exclusively on the anterolateral aspects of both thighs.…”

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