Madelung's Disease Inherited Nutrition and Metabolism Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Madelung's Disease (also called Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis [MSL], Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis or Lanois-Bensaude Syndrome) is a metabolic condition characterized by the growth of fatty masses around the face, back of the head, neck, upper arms, abdomen, back and upper leg in a very specific pattern or distribution. Unlike the usual lipoma, these benign, fatty masses are not enclosed within a membranous capsule with very distinct boundaries. It is because of this characteristic, as well as the absolute symmetry in their occurrence, that the condition is often dismissed as simple obesity.

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• Madelung's Disease: Benign Symmetric Lipomatosis - Provides an illustrated case study with notes on inherited differential diagnoses.
• NORD: Madelung's Disease - The National Organization for Rare Disorders briefly describes madelung\'s disease this inherited rare disorder (also known as Multiple Symmetrical madelung\'s disease Lipomatosis, Benign inherited Symmetric Lipomatosis or Lanois-Bensaude Syndrome) and madelung\'s disease lists further reference inherited information.
• Osteonecrosis in multiple symmetrical lipomatosis - The European Association of Radiology presents an illustrated case history inherited from the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
• Lipomatosi di Launois-Bensaude (MSL) - A site, in both Italian and English, providing nutrition and metabolism madelung's disease disorders a historical perspective of Madelung's Disease.
• About Madelung's Disease - Explains the symptoms and outlines recent advances in madelung's disease treatment.
• 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.
• Madelung's Disease: Inherited from an Ancient Mediterranean Population? - Abstract of a case study in the New madelung\'s disease England Journal of Medicine. Full text available for madelung's disease purchase.
• Soft Tissue Pathology - Features images of the disease, taken with various inherited scanning techniques.

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