Biomaterial Database

Benign symmetric lipomatosis (Madelung's disease). 1996

G D Josephson, and A P Sclafani, and J Stern

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary/New York Medical College, NY 10003, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008069	Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical	A condition characterized by the growth of unencapsulated masses of ADIPOSE TISSUE symmetrically deposited around the neck, shoulders, or other sites around the body.	Benign Symmetrical Lipomatosis,Launois-Bensaude Syndrome,Madelung Disease,Lipodystrophy, Cephalothoracic,Lipomatosis Familial Benign Cervical,Lipomatosis, Familial Benign Cervical,Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetric,Lipomatosis, Nodular Circumscribed,Madelung Neck,Madelung's Disease,Madelung's Neck,Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatosis,Nodular Circumscribed Lipomatosis,Benign Symmetrical Lipomatoses,Cephalothoracic Lipodystrophies,Cephalothoracic Lipodystrophy,Circumscribed Lipomatoses, Nodular,Circumscribed Lipomatosis, Nodular,Disease, Madelung,Disease, Madelung's,Launois Bensaude Syndrome,Lipodystrophies, Cephalothoracic,Lipomatoses, Multiple Symmetric,Lipomatoses, Nodular Circumscribed,Lipomatosis, Benign Symmetrical,Madelungs Disease,Madelungs Neck,Multiple Symmetric Lipomatoses,Multiple Symmetric Lipomatosis,Multiple Symmetrical Lipomatoses,Nodular Circumscribed Lipomatoses,Symmetric Lipomatoses, Multiple,Symmetric Lipomatosis, Multiple,Symmetrical Lipomatoses, Multiple,Symmetrical Lipomatosis, Benign,Symmetrical Lipomatosis, Multiple
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D009333	Neck	The part of a human or animal body connecting the HEAD to the rest of the body.	Necks
D005145	Face	The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw.	Faces
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001415	Back	The rear surface of an upright primate from the shoulders to the hip, or the dorsal surface of tetrapods.