Semicircular lipoatrophy

Abstract

Three cases of semicircular lipoatrophy are described. Semicircular lipoatrophy (lipoatrophia semicircularis) is a relatively new entity, three cases having been recently described by Gschwandtner & Miinzberger (1974). Clinically the patients present with horizontal depressions symmetrically distributed on both upper thighs, characteristically on the antero‐lateral aspects. We are presenting three cases (the first in the English literature). Cases 1 and 2 are sisters and this is of particular interest because a familial tendency has not previously been reported.