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Home / Health / Conditions and Diseases / Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders / Madelung's Disease
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- DOIA Launois-Bensaude's Lipomatosis - A German University site on the disease. Contains some images of the disease (click the "images" tab at the top of screen).
www.dermis.net/doia/diagnose.asp?zugr=d&lang=e&diagnr=214004&topic=i
- Lipomatosi di Launois-Bensaude (MSL) - A site, in both Italian and English, providing a historical perspective of Madelung's Disease.
digilander.iol.it/camdic/LBS.html
- Madelung's Disease (NORD entry) - Briefly describes this rare disorder (also known as Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis, Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis or Lanois-Bensaude Syndrome). Also lists two organizations for further reference information. This entry is courtesy of the National Organization for Rare Disorders.
www.stepstn.com/cgi-win/nord.exe?proc=Redirect&type=rdb_sum&id=778.htm
- Madelung's Disease, Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis (MSL) or Lanois-Bensaude Syndrome. - Describes the symptoms and the problems of diagnosing MSL. Provides additional links and reference information.
home.earthlink.net/~reilly65/MSL.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.
www.idiom.com/~drjohn/Madelung.html
- Medweb Question: Madelung's Disease - Replies to a question asked about Madelung's Disease. The reply provides a good discussion of the topic.
hvmedweb.com/mw1/qanda/madelung's_disease_medweb.htm
- MSL HELP Page - The initial page of a self-help group for MSL. Provides contact information.
members.aol.com/_ht_a/smebcsj/myhomepage/business.html
- 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.
www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?151800
- Pathology Teaching Slide - Soft Tissue Pathology - The first dozen or so entries are images of Madelung's Disease, taken with various scanning techniques.
www.cuhk.edu.hk/med/paf/slides/soft/soft.htm
- The Osler Medical Journal: Images of Osler - Part way down the page are two photos of a man with Benign Symmetrical Lipomatosis in the neck area.
omj.med.jhu.edu/images/vol4/june98.shtml
- Tumescent Liposuction - Discusses the use of liposuction in the palliative treatment of Madelung's Disease. The tumescent method is the safest method found to date.
www.emedicine.com/derm/topic526.htm
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