ReviewReumatologia2019
Dercum's disease (adiposis dolorosa): a review of clinical presentation and management.
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- Dercum's Disease: A Practical Review of Existing and Novel Therapies.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Review
- Efficacy and safety of CBL-514 for Dercum disease lipomas: A randomized phase 2a study.JAAD international · 2026Article
- Dercum Disease: Exploratory Therapeutic Approaches in the Absence of Standardized Medical Treatment-A Single Center Case Series.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Dercum's Disease: Bridging Present Understanding and Emerging Directions.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Dercum's Disease: Exploring the Intersection of Obesity, Pain, and Inflammation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Common Non-Rheumatic Medical Conditions Mimicking Fibromyalgia: A Simple Framework for Differential Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Infliximab-Induced Improvement in Dercum's Disease.Cureus · 2024Article
- Dercum's Disease: The Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, Radiological Findings, and Treatment of a Rare, Debilitating Inflammatory Disorder.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2024Article
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- Femoral canal lipoma presenting as chronic venous insufficiency.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2023Article
- An unusual presentation of Dercum's disease to the emergency department.Oxford medical case reports · 2023Article
- The Neoplastic Side of the Abdominal Wall: A Comprehensive Pictorial Essay of Benign and Malignant Neoplasms.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Spinal cord stimulation: A novel approach to pain management in Dercum's disease.Surgical neurology international · 2023Article
- Insights on Lipomatosis after Platinum-Based Chemotherapy Use in Pediatric Oncology: A Case Report.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Parosteal lipoma of the radius with posterior interosseous nerve palsy.BMJ case reports · 2022Article
- Differential Diagnosis of a Case of Dercum's Disease with Possible Familial Involvement and Review of Literature.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2021Review
- Lesion reduction with intralesional deoxycholic acid in Dercum disease with radiographic evidence.JAAD case reports · 2021Article
- Lurking Under the Surface: Dercum's Disease.Cureus · 2021Article
- Giant Lipoma in the Fronto-Temporo-Parietal Region in an Adult Man: Case Report and Literature Review.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2020Article
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Abstract
Dercum's disease (adiposis dolorosa) is a rare disease of unknown etiology characterized by painful subcutaneous adipose tissue deposits with various localization over the body. The deposits occur histologically as lipomas and are associated with overweight or obesity and a variety of psychiatric disturbances (anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances). Classification of Dercum's disease is related to size and location of adipose nodules (generalized diffuse, generalized nodular, localized nodular and juxta-articular forms). Diagnosis in based on clinical presentation and exclusion of a number of other disorders associated with lipomas. There is no generally accepted management of the patients. Liposuction or lidocaine application has been reported successful in some cases. Other therapeutic methods have been reported but their effectiveness is based on anecdotal descriptions only, and were not confirmed in clinical trials.
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