Case report <br>Casuistry in everyday medical practice – painful lipomas of the lower limbs in the course of Dercum’s disease

Radosław Gutherc; Anna Jodkowska; Katarzyna Drożdż; Andrzej Bieniek; Andrzej Szuba

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Advances in Dermatology and Allergology/Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

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Case report
Casuistry in everyday medical practice – painful lipomas of the lower limbs in the course of Dercum’s disease

Radosław Gutherc

,

Anna Jodkowska

,

Katarzyna Drożdż

,

Andrzej Bieniek

,

Andrzej Szuba

Post Dermatol Alergol 2010; XVII, 2: 131–134

Online publish date: 2010/05/17

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Dercum’s disease is a rare disorder characterized by multiple painful lipomas of any part of the body. Additional symptoms are: obesity, weakness, fatigability, and neurological and psychiatric dysfunctions. Usually, it affects postmenopausal women who are obese. Occurrence of the disease is seen in the maternal line. The aetiopathogenesis remains unknown. Autoimmunological, inflammatory and metabolic factors are suggested. Treatment is symptomatic. Intravenous administration of lidocaine and liposuction is reported. We present a case of a woman with characteristic features of Dercum’s disease successfully treated with iv infusions of lidocaine and liposuction.

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Case report Casuistry in everyday medical practice – painful lipomas of the lower limbs in the course of Dercum’s disease

Radosław Gutherc , Anna Jodkowska , Katarzyna Drożdż , Andrzej Bieniek , Andrzej Szuba

Dercum’s disease, painful lipomas, lidocaine, liposuction

Case report
Casuistry in everyday medical practice – painful lipomas of the lower limbs in the course of Dercum’s disease

Radosław Gutherc

,

Anna Jodkowska

,

Katarzyna Drożdż

,

Andrzej Bieniek

,

Andrzej Szuba