| Two Cases of Lipoatrophy after Local Corticosteroid Injection |
| Inha Kim, Hye Lim Lee, and Sang-Soo Lee |
| Department of Neurology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea |
| Corresponding Author:
Sang-Soo Lee ,Tel: +82-43-269-6336, Fax: +82-43-275-7591, Email: pnsdoctor@gmail.com |
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Received July 31, 2015 Accepted November 30, 2015 |
| Copyright 2015 by The Korean Society of Clinical Neurophysiology |
| This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| ABSTRACT |
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The adverse effects of systemic steroid medications are well known, whereas those of local steroid injections are unclear even to clinicians. We report two cases of localized lipoatrophy and depigmentation following local steroid injection. Although the incidence of soft tissue atrophy after local steroid injection is rare, it will increase in proportion to the frequency of the procedure. All clinicians, even those who do not perform steroid injections, should be aware of the occurrence of this cosmetically disturbing adverse effect. |
| Key words:
Corticosteroid, Lipoatrophy, Triamcinolone |
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