Madelung's disease: A benign symmetric lipomatosis

Multiple benign symmetric lipomatosis -- a differential diagnosis of obesity.

Benign symmetrical lipomatosis (BSL), or Madelung's disease, is a rare disease characterized by the progressive growth of diffuse, painless, non-enveloped symmetric lipomas. The etiology of this disease remains unknown, although it was associated in the medical literature with alcohol and nicotine abuse, metabolic disorders and a number of malignancies. It is assumed that there is a genetic pre...

Benign symmetric lipomatosis of the medial knees: a case report.

Multiple symmetric lipomatosis.

Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is an extremely uncommon disorder. In the medical literatures about 200 cases have been reported. MSL is not associated with other generalized lipomatous disorders, nor are these patient to be necessarily obese. The cause of MSL is unknown. The disorder usually occurs in middle-aged males and there is frequently a history of alcoholism. Some instances of fam...

A case of benign symmetrical lipomatosis.

Benign symmetrical lipomatosis is a rare condition characterized by symmetrical deposition of adipose tissue in the neck, sholder, and arm area. About 200 cases have been reported in the medical literature, primarily from Europe. A 54-year-old man presented with masses in the neck, shoulders and arms. He underwent surgical treatment based on cosmetic reasons. Histopathologically, subcutaneous t...

Benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude syndrome). A rare cause of muscular weakness.

A 76-year-old female patient is presented who suffered from muscular weakness in arms and legs. She was obese and had a symmetric accumulation of fatty tissue with a bumpy structure at both arms which gave the patient a pseudoathletic appearance. Fatty tissue accumulations were present at both shoulders, arms, at both thighs, at the back and the abdomen. She suffered from benign symmetric lipom...