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To the Editor: In the descriptions in the Images in Clinical Medicine (Oct. 29 issue)^1,2 of two patients with buffalo hump and infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who were receiving antiretroviral therapy, the authors suggest a connection between these conditions. The general appearance of the patient described by Aboulafia and Bundow closely resembles that of patients with multiple symmetric lipomatosis. This rare condition affects middle-aged men and women. In this disease, unencapsulated lipomas appear in the subcutaneous and deep-neck fat, infrequently causing syncope or breathing difficulties by compression of neurovascular structures and the trachea. Computed tomography might reveal . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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