total lipodystrophy

total lipodystrophy
a rare, autosomal recessive disorder seen mainly in infant girls, characterized by generalized loss of subcutaneous and extracutaneous adipose tissue with hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia and insulin-resistant nonketotic diabetes, hyperlipemia, elevation of the basal metabolic rate, accelerated somatic growth, advanced bone age, acanthosis nigricans, and hirsutism. Called also congenital generalized or generalized l., Berardinelli-Seip syndrome, and lipoatrophic diabetes.

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