[Infantile centrifugal abdominal lipodystrophy]

Lipodystrophia centrifugalis abdominalis infantilis is an atrophic skin disease characterized by a localized depression of the abdominal and/or chest wall of infants. The depression starts either from the groins and their surroundings or from the axillae and their surroundings, and later gradually enlarges centrifugally to involve the larger part of abdominal and/or chest wall. The depressed areas are usually surrounded by slight erythema and scaling. Regional lymphnodes are usually swollen. Histologically, the loss or decrease of the subcutaneous fat is noted in the well-depressed areas. On the other hand, in the surrounding erythematous areas marked to moderate amount of inflammatory infiltrate is present in the subcutaneous fat.