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Case Reports
. 1996 Oct;37(4):415-7.
doi: 10.1097/00000637-199610000-00012.

Insulin-induced lipohypertrophy treated by liposuction

A Barak  1 , Y Har-Shai, Y Ullmann, B Hirshowitz
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Insulin-induced lipohypertrophy treated by liposuction

A Barak et al. Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Oct.

Abstract

Lipohypertrophy is one of the local side effects of repeated subcutaneous insulin injections. This case report demonstrates the successful cosmetic and therapeutic treatment of two lipohypertrophic masses in the lower abdomen of a young diabetic patient by suction-assisted lipectomy.

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