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Images in paediatrics
Bilateral idiopathic localised involutional lipoatrophy in a child
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A previously healthy 7-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of an oval lesion in the left calf and two smaller lesions contralaterally, which were expanding (figure 1). Physical examination showed the presence of an asymptomatic skin depression measuring about 6×4 cm in diameter with a hypopigmented and atrophic surface without inflammation. Two similar lesions, both 3.5×2.5 cm in diameter, were contralaterally noted. No history of injury, …
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