[Cellulite]

Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1985;13(6):539-44.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

In a group of 130 patients carriers of cellulite, that were subjected to a general clinic treatment and local treatment of laser-therapy, the authors, previous to the therapeutics, made an anatomopathologic study of the skin and the adipose tissue. The biopsies were done on patients of the feminine sex, confirming that all these cases presented the histopathologic and histochemical features of cellulite in their dermo-hypodermic tissue. A full study of intolerance to carbohydrates; lipidic, proteic and hormonal metabolism was also performed in all patients. Comparing the different parameters, the authors emphasize the multiple pathogenic varieties of the illness, and the possibility of future risk of macroangiopathy and coronariopathy.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / pathology
  • Carbohydrate Metabolism
  • Cellulitis / classification
  • Cellulitis / complications
  • Cellulitis / metabolism*
  • Cellulitis / pathology
  • Cholesterol / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Galactorrhea / complications
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemias / complications
  • Hypothyroidism / complications
  • Leg
  • Lipoproteins / metabolism*
  • Obesity / complications
  • Skin / pathology
  • Smoking
  • Uric Acid / blood

Substances

  • Lipoproteins
  • Uric Acid
  • Cholesterol