Inherited Madelung's Disease
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About Madelung's Disease - Explains the symptoms and outlines recent advances in treatment.
Lipomatosi di Launois-Bensaude (MSL) - A site, in both Italian and English, providing a historical perspective of Madelung's Disease.
Madelung's Disease: Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis - Provides an illustrated case study with notes on differential diagnoses.
NORD: Madelung's Disease - 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.
OMIM Entry 151800 - 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.
Soft Tissue Pathology - Features images of the disease, taken with various scanning techniques.
Osteonecrosis in multiple symmetrical lipomatosis - The European Association of Radiology presents an illustrated case history from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. (March 1, 2002)
Madelung's Disease: Inherited from an Ancient Mediterranean Population? - Abstract of a case study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Full text available for purchase. (May 13, 1999) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.