Cardiac involvement in total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli- Seip syndrome).
Total generalized lipodystrophy (Berardinelli - Seip Syndrome) is a rare hereditary disease characterized by insulin-resistant diabetes mellitus and a small quantity of adipose tissue and is of unknown origin. Common cardiovascular alterations related to this syndrome are cardiac hypertrophy and arterial hypertension. This article reports a case of Berardinelli - Seip syndrome and reviews the literature with special emphasis on the cardiovascular manifestations of this syndrome.
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Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003923:Diabetes Mellitus, Lipoatrophic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography