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Simultaneous bilateral facial reconstruction of a Barraquer-Simons lipodystrophy with free TRAM flaps
B C Coessens1, J P Van Geertruyden
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Brugmann University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|April 1, 1995
Abstract:
Barraquer-Simons lipodystrophy is a rare disorder of unknown origin characterized by a progressive atrophy of the subcutaneous fat of the upper part of the body. Renal disease with abnormalities of complement factors is the most frequent accompanying feature. A case is presented in which bilateral facial contour has been restored simultaneously with two deepithelialized TRAM flaps.