Combination of familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan-Cobberling syndrome) with pulmonary sarcoidosis

Combination of familial partial lipodystrophy (Dunnigan-Cobberling syndrome) with pulmonary sarcoidosis

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Lipodystrophy syndromes are a heterogeneous group of extremely rare, inherited or acquired disorders that are characterized by total or partial fat loss or its improper redistribution.The prevalence of lipodystrophies is estimated to be 1:1,000,000 in the population, with approximately 1,000 cases currently described in the literature.Sarcoidosis att nighthawk hotspot is a multisystem disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by the formation of non-caseating epithelioid granulomas in the affected tissues.Despite the large number of studies, the etiology and pathogenesis of sarcoidosis still remain unknown.Most researchers allude to the possible autoimmune or immune-mediated genesis of the disease.

This article presents a series of unique clinical cases of a combination of two 30hh bikini rare diseases in one patient: sarcoidosis and familial partial lipodystrophy.