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Dercum's disease. Dercum's disease is a rare condition characterized by multiple painful fatty tumors, called lipomas, that can grow anywhere in subcutaneous fat from scalp to plantar surface of the foot. [1] Sometimes referred as adiposis dolorosa in medical literature, Dercum’s disease is more of a syndrome than a disease (because it has ...
Adiposis dolorosa of the diffuse truncal form (Dercum). The anterior view shows the peculiar apron of fat and the small size of the hands. The posterior view shows the arrangement of fat in folds over the hips. Adiposis dolorosa is an outdated term for many years used synonymously as Dercum's disease, lipedema or Anders disease. [1]
Lipedema / Dercum's disease differentiation – these conditions may co-exist. Dercum's disease is a syndrome of painful growths in subcutaneous fat. Unlike lipedema, which occurs primarily in the trunk and legs, the fatty growths can occur anywhere on the body.
The arm of a patient with familial multiple lipomatosis. Familial multiple lipomatosis is a hereditary adipose tissue disorder that is characterized by the formation of multiple lipomas that occur in a particular distribution. [1] The lipomas are well-encapsulated, slow-growing, benign fatty tumors. The distribution is defined as being focused ...
Francis Xavier Dercum (August 10, 1856 – April 24, 1931) was an American physician who first described the disease Adiposis dolorosa (also known as Dercum's disease ). [1] He was a noted neurologist and specialised in treating nervous and mental disorders. [2] He treated President Woodrow Wilson in 1919, [3] and Ima Hogg for three years ...
Adiposis dolorosa (Dercum's disease) Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency panniculitis (alpha1-protease deficiency panniculitis, alpha1-proteinase deficiency panniculitis) Atrophic connective tissue panniculitis; Barraquer–Simons syndrome (acquired partial lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic lipodystrophy, progressive lipodystrophy)
Neurology. Primary familial brain calcification [1] (PFBC), also known as familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification ( FIBGC) and Fahr's disease, [1] is a rare, [2] genetically dominant or recessive, inherited neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in areas of the brain that control movement.
Dr Karen Herbst is an American endocrinologist. She is noted for her work in Dercum's Disease, lipedema, multiple symmetric lipomatosis, familial multiple lipomatosis, and angiolipomatosis at both the VA San Diego Healthcare System and University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, Arizona. Herbst is a graduate of Rush Medical College ...