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Macroglossia Due to Symmetrical Lipomatosis of the Tongue: A Rare Presentation of Madelung's Disease-Case Report. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
Symmetrical lipomatosis of the tongue is a rare manifestation of Madelung´s disease, characterized by diffuse, non‐encapsulated adipose tissue growth. We present the first reported Latin American case of a 58 year old patient treated with symmetrical bilateral glossectomy which preserved tongue functionality and significantly improved quality of life ...
Salamanca-Ramirez D, Villa-Zuluaga DF, Ardila-Torres DA.   +2 more
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Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa: A Rare Case of Right Lower Extremity Gigantism Associated With Syndactyly. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Macrodystrophia lipomatosa (MDL) is a rare sporadic, nonhereditary developmental condition, typically presenting at birth or in early childhood. It is characterized by progressive overgrowth of tissues, mainly due to excess fibrofatty tissue proliferation. This abnormal growth commonly involves nerve sheath, muscle, periosteum, and bone marrow.
Shehzadi HS, Atif S, Dogar IH, Siddique U, Kamil KA.   +4 more
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Thoracic epidural lipomatosis associated with syrinx: A case report

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Epidural lipomatosis with associated syrinx formation is an exceedingly rare clinical entity. In this case report we present a 48-year old female who initially presented with symptoms of progressive myelopathy and later developed urinary incontinence ...
Manasi Arora, MBBS, John D. Leever, MD
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Insights on Lipomatosis after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Use in Pediatric Oncology: A Case Report

Medicina, 2022
Agents of platinum-based chemotherapy, such as cisplatin or carboplatin, are used in the treatment of a wide range of malignancies that affect children, such as brain tumors, osteosarcoma, neuroblastoma, hepatoblastoma, and germ cell tumors (GCTs).
Estera Boeriu, Alexandra Georgiana Boc, Alexandra Borda, Rodica Anamaria Negrean, Bogdan Feciche, Amalia Iulia Boeriu, Florin George Horhat, Ion Cristian Mot, Ioana Delia Horhat, Madhavi Ravulapalli, Omar Sabuni, Abduljabar Adi, Adnan Anjary, Smaranda Teodora Arghirescu   +13 more
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Difficult cystoscopy due to “Elongated” urethra- think of pelvic lipomatosis

Urology Case Reports, 2021
Pelvic lipomatosis is a rare, proliferative disease with unknown etiology involving an overgrowth of normal fat in the pelvic retroperitoneal space. 1-5 Cystitis glandularis or cystitis cystica can be observed in 75% of patients with pelvic lipomatosis ...
P. Ashwin Shekar, Dinesh Reddy
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Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis [PDF]

Journal of Medical Genetics, 2009
Background: Encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis (ECCL) is a sporadically occurring neurocutaneous disorder of unknown aetiology. It has repeatedly been discussed as a localised form of Proteus syndrome. In 2006, the first large series of patients was reported, and diagnostic criteria were proposed.
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A Benign Cause of Widened Mediastinum: A Case of Mediastinal Lipomatosis [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction We report a patient with a widened mediastinum secondary to a rare and benign condition known as mediastinal lipomatosis (ML). ML is caused by accumulation of adipose tissue within the mediastinum.
Fonseka, MD, Natasha, Ruel, MD, Ewa
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A case of synovial lipomatosis with chronic synovitis presenting as acute knee pain [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Synovial lipomatosis is a rare, benign, intra-articular lipoma-like lesion characterized by villous proliferation of the synovium, most commonly affecting the knee joint.
Sushma HM, Anoosha K, Vijay Shankar S, Amita K
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Familial Abdominal and Intestinal Lipomatosis Presenting with Upper GI Bleeding

Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine, 2015
Although lipomas are encapsulated benign tumors, systemic lipomatosis defines infiltrative nonencapsulated tumors resembling normal adipose tissue. Abdominal lipomatosis and intestinal lipomatosis are different clinicopathological entities with similar ...
Yilmaz Bilgic, Hasan Baki Altinsoy, Nezahat Yildirim, Ozkan Alatas, Burhan Hakan Kanat, Abdurrahman Sahin   +5 more
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Corticosteroid-induced spinal epidural lipomatosis in the pediatric age group: report of a new case and updated analysis of the literature

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2011
Spinal epidural lipomatosis is a rare complication of chronic corticosteroid treatment. We report a new pediatric case and an analysis of this and 19 pediatric cases identified in the international literature.
Kukita Akiko, Sherry David D, Levy Deborah M, Girschick Hermann J, Young Daniel W, Cron Randy Q, Möller Jana C, Saijo Kaoru, Pessler Frank   +8 more
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