Adenovirus 36 DNA in adipose tissue of patient with unusual visceral obesity
Behrouz Salehian1, Stephen J Forman, Fouad R Kandeel
1City of Hope and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California, USA.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|April 23, 2010
Abstract:
Massive adipose tissue depositions in the abdomen and thorax sufficient to interfere with respiration developed in a patient with multiple medical problems. Biopsy of adipose tissue identified human adenovirus 36 (Adv 36) DNA. Adv 36 causes adipogenesis in animals and humans. Development of massive lipomatosis may be caused by Adv 36.
