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Abstract
A rare autosomal disorder characterized by numerous encapsulated lipomas on the trunk and extremities. The lipomas are usually not painful but can cause pain when growing. In rare cases, one lipoma can become painful and progress to multiple painful lipomas; it is then referred to as Dercum's Disease Type III
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- Familial Multiple Lipomas
- Familial Multiple Lipoma
- Familial Multiple Lipomatoses
- Lipomatoses, Familial Multiple
- Lipomatosis, Familial Multiple
- Multiple Lipoma, Familial
- Multiple Lipomas, Familial
- Adiposis Dolorosa Type III
- Dercum's Disease Type III
- Lipoma Dolorosa
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, 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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2017
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- Lipomatosis (1973-2016)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Familial Multiple Lipomatosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071070. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071070
- Familial Multiple Lipomatosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55136106