Adiposis dolorosa
Overview
Adiposis dolorosa, also known as Dercum's disease[1] (and which is different from Ander's disease in which painful or painless fatty growths resolve with weight loss), ...
Adiposis dolorosa, also known as Ander's disease or Dercum's disease, is a rare disease characterized by multiple painful lipomas that arise in adult life.
Adiposis dolorosa consists of chronic progressive, painful, sometimes ecchymotic plaques of fat. It is often associated with obesity, sometimes associated with systemic symptoms, including emotional upset.
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adiposis dolorosa
dpss dl rs noun a disease of middleaged women in which painful lumps of fatty substance form in the body ...
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Most lipomas are symptomless, but some are painful on applying pressure. Lipomas that are tender or painful are usually angiolipomas (adiposis dolorosa or Dercum disease). This means the lipoma has an increased number of small blood vessels.
Family history-A tendency to grow lipomas seems to run in families.
Lipomatosis-This is a hereditary condition that produces many lipomas all over the body.
Adiposis dolorosa-This is a rare disease that produces many painful lipomas.
Obesity ...
Onset of symptoms is generally in middle age. The fatty tumors are most often located on the trunk and limbs with sparing of the face and hands Also called adiposis dolorosa. Named for the Philadelphia neurologist Francis X. Dercum (1856-1931).
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