Korean Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology  2015;17(2):91-94

doi:10.14253/kjcn.2015.17.2.91

Two Cases of Lipoatrophy after Local Corticosteroid Injection.

Inha KIM 1 ; Hye Lim LEE ; Sang Soo LEE

Affiliations

+expand

Keywords

Corticosteroid; Lipoatrophy; Triamcinolone

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

English

Abstract

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.