[Leptin treatment of multiple symmetric lipomatosis due to a mitochondrial defect].

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Multiple symmetric lipomatosis, or Madelung's disease, is a rare condition with symmetrical fat deposits on the upper body, increasingly associated with genetic mutations. In this case report, we present a patient with an mitofusin 2 mutation causing mitochondrial dysfunction and extremely low leptin. Treatment with metreleptin led to reduced appetite, 17% weight loss, improved triglyceride levels, insulin...

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