Partial lipodystrophy, meningococcal meningitis and nephritis.

Partial lipodystrophy (PLD) started in a 12-year-old girl after measles. Aged 17 she had meningococcal meningitis. Nephritis, hypocomplementemia and nephritic factor were found some years later at the time of her first pregnancy. Only few patients with PLD and meningococcal infections have been described and all were hypocomplementemic. Like other patients with complement deficiency, patients with PLD should be aware of this life-threatening complication.