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Published on: August 24, 2013
Do you know this syndrome? Berardinelli-Seip syndrome
Pedro Vale Machado1, Egon Luiz Rodrigues Daxbacher2, Daniel Lago Obadia2
1Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de JaneiroRJ, Brazil, Specialist in Dermatology. Postgraduate degree in Dermatology from the Pedro Ernesto University Hospital - Rio de Janeiro State University (HUPE-UERJ) - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
Abstract:
Berardinelli-Seip syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by inadequate metabolism and inefficient storing of lipids in fat cells, generating accumulation of fat in organs such as the liver, spleen, pancreas, heart, arterial endothelium and skin. Classically, patients manifest generalized lipoatrophy at birth or until 2 years of age, and in adolescence usually develop marked insulin resistance with rapid progression to diabetes and dyslipidemia. We report the case of a 17-year-old Berardinelli-Seip syndrome patient with eruptive xanthoma associated with severe hypertriglyceridemia. It is worth noting Eruptive xanthoma as a dermatological manifestation that is not generally highlighted in the reports of cases of this genetic metabolic disorder.
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