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Chin Med J (Taipei) 1996;58:139-42.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Multiple symmetrical lipomatosis (Madelung's disease) is a rare disease of undetermined cause characterized by symmetrical deposits of non-encapsulated fat on the suboccipital area, cervical area, shoulders and trunk. The patients are usually middle-aged male alcoholics. The treatment is palliative surgical removal of excess fat from the neck and paracervical regions or any other lesion sites. Oriental report about multiple symmetrical lipomatosis (MSL) is very rare. Here a case of multiple symmetrical lipomatosis in a 43year-old man is described. We describe his clinical course and review the literature.
[Chin Med J (Taipei) 1996;58:139-42.]
Keywords: Madelung's disease, multiple symmetrical lipomatosis
Received: April 14, 1995.
Accepted: March 31, 1996.
Address reprint requests to:
Rong-Hwang Fang, M.D.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Surgery
Veterans General Hospital-Taipei
201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road
Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Copyright: 1996, Chinese Medical Association (Taipei)