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The development of lipodystrophy as evidenced by central obesity, "moon facies," and a "buffalo hump" is a classical feature of Cushing's disease. Recently an association of "lipodystrophy" with the use of protease inhibitors has been reported. We describe a patient with lipodystrophy secondary to
A 14-year-old female with perinatally acquired HIV on boosted protease inhibitor (PI) therapy with atazanavir and ritonavir rapidly developed cushingoid features with excessive weight gain and moon facies within 2 weeks of receiving inhaled fluticasone/salmeterol for asthma treatment. Soon after
Glycoprotein consist of oligosaccharides chains covalently attached to the polypeptide backbone. They are synthesized by two pathways; sugar nucleotide pathway and dolichol pathway. The degradation of glycoproteins occurs predominantly in the lysosomes through the ordered actions of lysosomal
Thirteen patients with galactosialidosis (beta-galactosidase-neuraminidase deficiency) from 9 families including two autopsy cases were studied from clinical, genetic, cytological and biochemical standpoints. Coarse facies, myoclonus, cerebellar ataxia, angiokeratoma, loss of vision, corneal opacity
OBJECTIVE
To describe a case of Cushing syndrome in a child during concurrent use of inhaled fluticasone propionate, nasal mometasone, and a highly active antiretroviral regimen including lopinavir/ritonavir.
METHODS
A 9-year-old boy with HIV infection and asthma developed moon facies, increased