multiple symmetric lipomatosis

  • 1Multiple symmetric lipomatosis — A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs. The condition is thought to be genetic although its exact mode of inheritance is uncertain. It may be a… …

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  • 2Lipomatosis, multiple symmetric — A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs. The condition is thought to be genetic although its exact mode of inheritance is uncertain. It may be a… …

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  • 3Symmetric lipomatosis, multiple — A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs. The condition is thought to be genetic although its exact mode of inheritance is uncertain. It may be a… …

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  • 4benign symmetric lipomatosis — multiple symmetric l …

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  • 5Lipomatosis simétrica múltiple — Psciente afectado por lipomatosis simétrica múltiple Clasificación y recursos externos …

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  • 6lipomatosis — SYN: adiposis. encephalocraniocutaneous l. a rare syndrome of multiple fibrolipomas or angiofibromas of the face, scalp, and neck present at birth, sometimes with symptomatic intracranial lipomas. mediastinal l …

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  • 7nodular circumscribed lipomatosis — formation of multiple circumscribed or encapsulated lipomas in subcutaneous tissue. When these are distributed symmetrically around the neck, the condition is called multiple symmetric lipomatosis or Madelung disease. A variety in which the… …

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  • 8lipoma annulare colli — multiple symmetric lipomatosis …

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  • 9Madelung neck — multiple symmetric lipomatosis …

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  • 10syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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