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Journal of Diabetes Research Reviews & Reports

A Cry of Pain for Painless Insulin Lipohypertrophy

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Way back on February 2, 2012, in NEJM issue 366: 9 a case of lipohypertrophy (LH) was published as a consequence of insulin injection in a person with T1DM (Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus). Whoever saw those pictures will never forget so huge disfiguring LHs. Still a question arises spontaneously: how was that even possible for those huge lesions to get as bulky as udders without who needed noticed by any
physician visiting a chronically ill patient needing insulin prescriptions on a regular basis? Such consideration is in line with what observed in the scientific literature

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