eMedicine Adiposis Dolorosa : Article by Nada Macaron, MD (Health/Skin_Disorders)
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Description: Overview article describing Dercums Disease. It is a melding of the various existing... Dercum articles into a coherent presentation.Adiposis Dolorosa First described in 1892 by the American neurologist Francis Xavier Dercum at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa, Dercum disease is an unusual progressive syndrome of unknown etiology characterized by multiple painful lipomas that arise in adult life, most often affecting postmenopausal women who are obese (Dercum, 1892). The onset is insidious. The pain is out of proportion to the physical findings and is often described by patients as all fat hurts. The pain increases with increases
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CorticosteroidInduced Juxtaarticular Adiposis Dolorosa (Health/Skin_Disorders)
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Description: This article discusses a case of Dercums Disease in the knee that was apparently... caused by corticosteroid usage.This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercums Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). This is a article on corticosteroids
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BrorsonFagher Article on Dercums Disease or Adiposis Dolorosa (Health/Skin_Disorders)
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Description: This is an excellent overview article on the disease characterized by painful lipomas... (benign fatty tumors). Note that the first part of the article is a biography of Dr. Dercum.This page describes the symptoms of Dercums Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). It is an excellent overview article in English
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