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Lipomatosi di
Launois-Bensaude (MSL) -
A site, in both Italian and English, providing a
historical perspective of Madelung's Disease.
http://digilander.libero.it/camdic/LBS.html Madelung's Disease:
Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis -
Madelung's disease or Benign Symmetric
Lipomatosis is a "sight diagnosis." Only a doctor knowledgeable about the
disease can diagnose it.
http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/Madelung.html
multiple symmetric lipomatosis from On-line Medical Dictionary -
A
definition of multiple symmetric lipomatosis
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Madelung's+diseaseNEJM --
Madelung's Disease: Inherited from an Ancient Mediterranean Population? -
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.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/340/19/1481
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.
http://www.rarediseases.org/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.
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?151800
Osteonecrosis in
multiple symmetrical lipomatosis - Eurorad - Clinical Case 1405 - Resident
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Discusses a new aspect to MSL not seen before, that of osteonecrosis, or
bone death. Check out http://www.nonf.org for more information.
http://www.eurorad.org/case.cfm?uid=1405Pathology
Teaching Slide - Soft Tissue Pathology -
The first dozen or so entries are
images of Madelung's Disease, taken with various scanning techniques.
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/paf/slides/soft/soft.htm
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