Abstract

Doc number: 116

Abstract: Madelung's disease or multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology which typically presents symmetrically subcutaneous accumulation of non-encapsulated adipose tissue which slowly grows around the neck, upper part of the arms, pelvis, back and thigh. This disease is also frequently associated with hepatopathy, glucose intolerance, hyperuricemia, and malignant tumors of the upper airways. Nevertheless, only one description of malignant transformation of Madelung's disease has been presented in literature. Here, we report a case of liposarcomatous transformation of Madelung's disease in a 59-year-old Italian woman with a coincidental diagnosis of breast cancer.

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Title
Malignant transformation of Madelung's disease in a patient with a coincidental diagnosis of breast cancer: a case report
Author
Borriello, Maddalena; Lucidi, Alessandro; Carbone, Arnaldo; Iannone, Vito; Ferrandina, Gabriella
Pages
116
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
1746-1596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-1596-7-116
ProQuest document ID
1063332509
Copyright
© 2012 Borriello et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.