Bull neck

Under bull neck or rarely buffalo hump (from the English name buffalo hump ) is understood in medicine lying outside the norm, visible tissue accumulation or augmentation in the area of neck . Mostly it is fatty tissue . Apart from severe obesity , it occurs as a symptom in various forms of lipodystrophy (e.g. as a side effect of antiretroviral therapy with HIV protease inhibitors ) or in endocrine disorders such as Cushing's syndrome . Endocrine disruption that causes a bull's neck can also occur during the course of severe liver disease. A bull's neck based on tissue enlargement due to fluid build-up can occur as part of lymphedema.

In everyday language, the term describes a strong neck without necessarily assuming a pathological symptom.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ G. Ceccarelli et al .: Development of Buffalo Hump in the course of antiretroviral therapy including raltegravir and unboosted atazanavir: a case report and review of the literature. In: J. Med. Case Reports. Volume 5, No. 1, Feb 17, 2011, p. 70. PMID 21329500
2. ↑ G. Targher: "Buffalo" hump in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. In: Hepatology . Volume 46, No. 4, Oct 2007, pp. 1311-1312. PMID 17894313
3. ↑ R. Kolluri, KN Belangee Webb: Massive buffalo hump: a case of stage III lymphedema. In: Circulation . Volume 123, No. 15, Apr 19, 2011, pp. E408-e409. PMID 21502579
4. ↑ Lorelies Ortner: German word formation: types and tendencies in the contemporary language. de Gruyter, 1991, p. 336. (books.google.de)
5. ↑ Bull's Neck. Entry in Duden online, accessed on September 29, 2011.

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