A 42 year old female received intramuscular injection of 40 mg triamcinolone acetonide on the right upper arm for the treatment of pollen allergy at another clinic. Subcutaneous atrophy appeared at the injection site a few days after. Since there were no signs of improvement, the patient visited our clinic for further examination. The subcutaneous atrophy after local injection of corticosteroid...

BACKGROUND Autologous fat injection for breast augmentation has been disputed with regard to its complications for many years, especially regarding calcifications, most of which present with benign features. In previous studies, clustered microcalcifications were not observed after fat injection for breast augmentation, which are usually regarded as malignant calcifications. METHODS From July...

Article history: Received 4 January 2008 Received in revised form 7 July 2008 Accepted 8 July 2008 This study was to investigate the effects of monoclonal antibody against a porcine 40-kDa adipocyte-specific plasma membrane protein on fat tissue development, carcass composition, growth performance and fat metabolism in pigs. Forty-eight Landrace×Saba pigs were randomly divided into eight groups...

A 72-year-old man presented with significantly decreased vision in his left eye for 10 days. He had received radiation therapy to the submandibular gland adenoid cystic carcinoma, and undergone autologous fat injection laryngoplasty vocal cord paralysis. Visual acuity was 20/50 eye. Fundus showed multiple, dispersed, refractile retinal arteriolar emboli whitening over paramacular region (Fig A)...

Our objective was to find out if central injection of neuropeptide Y (NPY) would alter brown fat thermogenesis and white fat lipoprotein lipase activity. The following three groups of Sprague-Dawley rats received five injections over 24 h into the right lateral ventricle: 1) NPY (5 micrograms/injection) and ad libitum food; 2) NPY (5 micrograms/injection) and food restricted to control intake; ...

The incorporation of tritiated thymidine into the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of adipose fat and stromal cells was followed under a variety of conditions. After in vitro incubation of adipose slices or up to 2 days after in vivo injection of the isotope, all DNA radioactivity was in the stromal cell fraction. From 2 to 15 days after thymidine injection total tissue DNA radioactivity was constan...

BACKGROUND Patients with prominent periorbital fat pads often complain of having a persistent "tired" look and seek treatment from their dermatologist. OBJECTIVE A non-surgical treatment of fat pads. METHODS Thirty patients were treated for prominent lower eyelid fat pads with phosphatidylcholine injection. Pre- and posttreatment photographs were taken for long-term analysis. RESULTS A ma...