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Acta Derm Venereol
August 2021
Division of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Actas Dermosifiliogr
January 2022
Sección de Especialidades Médicas, Servicio de ITS/Dermatología, Organismo Autónomo Madrid Salud, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, España. Electronic address:
Introduction: The clinical presentations of Lipoatrophia semicircularis (LS) vary, and diagnostic criteria are unclear. Several etiopathogenic factors, including occupational environmental ones, have been suggested. We aimed to describe a cluster of cases of suspected LS that started to appear in May 2008 among employees of the city council of Madrid, Spain.
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August 2017
Servei d'Epidemiologia, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona, Barcelona, España; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona, España.
Background And Objective: Recent reports of outbreaks of lipoatrophia semicircularis (LS) in various countries have generated discussion regarding the potential role of the environmental characteristics of office workplaces in new buildings. The objective of this study was to investigate a suspected outbreak of LS among children in a public school in Barcelona, which generated tremendous alarm.
Methods: We performed an epidemiological assessment including descriptive and prevalence analyses, and an environmental investigation followed by a psychiatric assessment according to Small's criteria.
Semergen
March 2017
Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Manzanares el Real, Consultorio El Boalo, El Boalo, Madrid, España.
G Ital Dermatol Venereol
August 2016
Section of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy -
The case of a 45 years old woman with lipoatrophia semicircularis is presented showing a typical semicircular depressions of the anterolateral aspects of the thighs. The lesion regressed after avoiding the pressing of the thighs against the desk edge. A PubMed search disclosed 125 cases of lipoatrophia semicircularis reported in details.
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