Det er blevet antaget, at der er en forbindelse mellem visceral lipomatose og proteasehæmmere (PI’ er) samt lipoatrofi og nukleosid revers transkriptase hæmmere (NRTI’ er).
A connection between visceral lipomatosis and protease inhibitors (PIs) and lipoatrophy and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) has been hypothesised.