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A rare disease characterized by multiple tumor-like fatty deposits that press on nerves in various sites causing pain and weakness. Often these lipoma-like structures are located on the trunk and limbs but not on the face and hands.
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- Adiposalgia
- Adipose Tissue Rheumatism
- Ander's Syndrome
- Anders Syndrome
- Decum-Vitaut Syndrome
- Dercum Disease
- Dercum's Disease
- Lipomatosis Dolorosa
- Morbus Dercum
- Adiposalgias
- Adipose Tissue Rheumatisms
- Ander Syndrome
- Anders Syndromes
- Decum Vitaut Syndrome
- Dercum, Morbus
- Dercums Disease
- Dercums, Morbus
- Disease, Dercum
- Disease, Dercum's
- Dolorosa, Lipomatosis
- Dolorosas, Lipomatosis
- Lipomatosis Dolorosas
- Morbus Dercums
- Rheumatism, Adipose Tissue
- Rheumatisms, Adipose Tissue
- Syndrome, Ander's
- Syndrome, Anders
- Syndrome, Decum-Vitaut
- Syndromes, Anders
- Tissue Rheumatism, Adipose
- Tissue Rheumatisms, Adipose
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Adiposis Dolorosa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000274. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000274
- Adiposis Dolorosa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiposis_dolorosa
- Adiposis Dolorosa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1615557