Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration

Lipodystrophy is a common but often underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin injections. We present an illustrative case, aiming to remind physicians to consider lipodystrophy when evaluating a patient under insulin therapy with otherwise unexplained metabolic decompensation. A complete p...

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Autores principales: Barbosa, Mariana, Silva, Ana Sara, Fernandes, Vera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5551
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description Lipodystrophy is a common but often underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin injections. We present an illustrative case, aiming to remind physicians to consider lipodystrophy when evaluating a patient under insulin therapy with otherwise unexplained metabolic decompensation. A complete physical examination and patient education are crucial in this setting.
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spelling pubmed-88958842022-03-10 Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration Barbosa, Mariana Silva, Ana Sara Fernandes, Vera Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Lipodystrophy is a common but often underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin injections. We present an illustrative case, aiming to remind physicians to consider lipodystrophy when evaluating a patient under insulin therapy with otherwise unexplained metabolic decompensation. A complete physical examination and patient education are crucial in this setting. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8895884/ /pubmed/35280102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5551 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Barbosa, Mariana
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Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title_full Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title_fullStr Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title_full_unstemmed Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title_short Lipodystrophy: Still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
title_sort lipodystrophy: still an underdiagnosed complication of subcutaneous insulin administration
topic Clinical Images
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8895884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35280102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5551
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