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 About Madelung's Disease Description: Description of the disease with links to relevant sites, genetic information, and the author's personal story. (geocities.com) |
| DOIA Launois-Bensaude's Lipomatosis Description: A German University site on the disease. Contains some images of the disease (click the "images" tab at the top of screen). (dermis.net) |
| Lipoma Forum Description: A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercum's, MSL or any related illnesses. (lipomaforum.com) |
| Lipomatosi di Launois-Bensaude (MSL) Description: A site, in both Italian and English, providing a historical perspective of Madelung's Disease. (digilander.libero.it) |
| Madelung's Disease: Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis Description: Madelung's disease or Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis is a "sight diagnosis." Only a doctor knowledgeable about the disease can diagnose it. (idiom.com) |
| multiple symmetric lipomatosis from On-line Medical Dictionary Description: A definition of multiple symmetric lipomatosis (cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk) |
| NEJM -- Madelung's Disease: Inherited from an Ancient Mediterranean Population? Description: Images in Clinical Medicine from The New England Journal of Medicine -- Madelung's Disease: Inherited from an Ancient Mediterranean Population? Only the first part of the article is displayed. You will have to purchase the article if you want to see it. (content.nejm.org) |
| NORD: Madelung's Disease Description: The National Organization for Rare Disorders briefly describes this rare disorder (also known as Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis, Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis or Lanois-Bensaude Syndrome) and lists further reference information. (rarediseases.org) |
| OMIM Entry 151800 Description: Describes the form of Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis (MSL) characterized by a collar of fat around the neck. The article suggests the cause to be a mitochondrial abnormality. (www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov) |
| Osteonecrosis in multiple symmetrical lipomatosis - Eurorad - Clinical Case 1405 - Resident Description: Discusses a new aspect to MSL not seen before, that of osteonecrosis, or bone death. Check out http://www.nonf.org for more information. (eurorad.org) |
| Pathology Teaching Slide - Soft Tissue Pathology Description: The first dozen or so entries are images of Madelung's Disease, taken with various scanning techniques. (cuhk.edu.hk) |
| The Osler Medical Journal: Images of Osler Description: Part way down the page are two photos of a man with Benign Symmetrical Lipomatosis in the neck area. (omj.med.jhu.edu) |
| Tumescent Liposuction Description: Discusses the use of liposuction in the palliative treatment of Madelung's Disease. The tumescent method is the safest method found to date. (emedicine.com) |
