14Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the dermis or subcutis
Disorders of subcutaneous fat
EF01Lipoatrophy or lipodystrophy
EF01.0
category
Acquired partial lipodystrophy
Definition Acquired partial lipodystrophy, or Barraquer-Simons syndrome, is characterised by the association of lipoatrophy of the upper part of the body and lipohypertrophy of the thighs.
Also indexed as
Acquired partial lipodystrophy Barraquer-Simons syndrome Progressive cephalothoracic lipodystrophy
Nearby in Lipoatrophy or lipodystrophy
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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