PMC1261268_01
Patient's body habit details at the end of treatment interruption. 1a. Appearance of breasts. Insert. Appearance of patient's breasts before HAART. 1b. Persistent and marked lipoatrophy at buttocks. 1c. Lipoatrophy at legs, front view. 1d. Lipoatrophy of left calf, back view
1471-2334-5-80-1.jpg
PMC1261268_01_1471-2334-5-80-1.jpg
F1
Pads of fat accumulation at waist had reverted to nearly normal appearance; the lumbar pad was no longer appreciable; breasts were still enlarged, although to a lesser extent (Fig. 1a). At variance, lipoatrophy was still well evident; the patient admitted partial improvement at upper extremities, whereas she found no improvement at all for buttocks (Fig. 1b) and legs (Fig. 1c and 1d). Under these extremely favourable circumstances, sites of lumbar and waist fat accumulation reverted to nearly normal appearance, whereas breasts showed partial improvement (Fig. 1a). Severe lipoatrophy at buttocks and legs, instead, was unchanged both on patient's and on our judgment (Fig. 1b, 1c and 1d).