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A discussion chain about Dercums - am i alone with fatty tumors - A message board exchange on Dercum's

Bones and Soft Tissue - Section of an online medical/pathology text book by Dr. Ed Friedlander. Buried in here are some comments on Dercum's Disease (search for dercum to find them).

Brorson/Fagher Article on Dercum's Disease or Adiposis Dolorosa - This is an excellent overview article on the disease characterized by painful lipomas (benign fatty tumors). Note that the first part of the article is a biography of Dr. Dercum.
Meta Description: [ This page describes the symptoms of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). It is an excellent overview article in English. ]

Cancer: Causes and Effects - Chapter from Dr. Ed Friedlander's online textbook. Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease) is mentioned (search for adiposis). Even though the lipomas (tumors) are benign, they can cause problems just by being, and he lists a number of examples.

Corticosteroid-Induced Juxta-articular Adiposis Dolorosa - This article discusses a case of Dercum's Disease in the knee that was apparently caused by corticosteroid usage.
Meta Description: [ This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). This is a article on corticosteroids. ]

Dercum Disease (NORD article) - A short discussion about this rare disorder (aka Dercum's Disease, Adiposis Dolorosa), characterized by pressure of fatty deposits on nerves, resulting in weakness and pain. Some resources are listed for further study. This entry is provided by NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders).
Meta Description: [ National Organization for Rare Disorders is dedicated to helping people with rare, orphan diseases. Rarediseases.org contains information on the prevention, treatment and cure of rare diseases. ]

Dercum's Disease, also known as Adiposis Dolorosa - Symptoms, personal stories, and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease. Includes a medical article describing the disease and references to scores of other articles. Chat room on Tuesday evenings.
Meta Description: [ This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). Contains much reference material. ]

Dercum's Hope - A new (and still unfinished) website developed by the Dercum's Yahoo chat group to provide information and support about the disease.

Dercum's Syndrome, Lipomatosis Dolorosa-Adiposis Dolorosa and Morbus Dercum, - Generally describes the disease. The author thinks that it may respond to special diet.
Meta Description: [ Relatively unknown disease like Lipomatosis Dolorosa also know as Adiposis Dolorosa or Morbus Dercum and Dercum's Syndrome May Respond to Special Diet ]

Dercums Sjukdom (Swedish) - Marie Hallsten's Dercum site, in Swedish. Can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Netscape 4.77 doesn't work). Click on the Dercums disease button for an English summary page

Dermatologic Diseases and Problems of Women Throughout the Life Cycle - Article by Brenner and Politi on women's dermatological problems from the International Journal of Dermatology. There is a section on Dercum's Disease toward the end of the article.
Meta Description: [ This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). Contains much reference material. ]

Dorrit Hvam's Dercum's Disease Page (Danish) - This is the English page of a Danish language site describing Dercum's Disease - use Microsoft IE or Netscape 6.x to view.
Meta Description: [ Description of Dercum's Disease ]

Emerging Worlds, Dercum's Disease page - The site explores the possibility that chronic diseases are caused by stealth viruses, and that Dercum's Disease fits in that category. This page describes Dercum's Disease, and most of the description is taken from the Swedish site.

English information about Dercums disease - This information is courtesy of the Swedish Dercum's Group, explaining some of the frustrations of having this disease.

Familial Multiple Lipomas - This is a doctor's page entitled Cancers Treated. The doctor discusses some diseases associated with lipomas. He is a cancer doctor and does not consider Dercum's disease serious. His description appears to based on some of the older literature, not first hand experience.

Hundreds of Lipomas - Patient medical question and doctor answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum at Med Help. This question is about hundreds of lipomas.
Meta Description: [ Patient medical question and answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum. Health topic area and articles about neurosurgery - general Topics: ,tumors, surgical. ]

ILDS: ICD-10 - by Code [E88.210 - G71.110] - This site contains a list of Dermatology disease codes that include Dercum's. Adiposis dolorosa is at the top of list: E88.210 (use to be E88200).
Meta Description: [ The International League of Dermatological Societies (ILDS) ]

Italian Dercum Disease page - An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference.

Lipoma - This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them.

Lipoma Excision- March 1, 2002 - American Family Physician - An article describing the excision of a lipoma. Dercum's in mentioned within the article.

Lipoma Forum - A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses.

Lipomas, Lipomatosis, and Certain Clinical Types of Abnormal Fat Deposit - This is an older article (1974) that has a section describing the Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease or Dercum Syndrome), as well as other diseases affecting the fatty deposits.

Lipomatosis Dolorosa, Morbus Dercum - University of Magdeburg (Germany) English article - This page is the English translation of a German journal article on Dercum's disease. Other information, in German, is available on the website.
Meta Description: [ Informationsseite Lipomatosis dolorosa Morbus Dercum - background information about Lipomatosis dolorosa Dercum�s disease - Universitaetsklinik Magdeburg - Dr Steiner ]

Medical News - Dercum's Disease - From a patient - A recent article by a Dercum's patient from Denmark.
Meta Description: [ by Dorrit Hvam, Denmark (a Dercum's patient) Dercum's Disease is a chronic, almost unknown disease, described for the first time by the American neurologist Francis X ]

National Library of Medicine PubMed References - This is a listing of the references to Dercum's Disease culled from Medline, the National Library of Medicine data base.  (aka Dercum Syndrome, Adiposis Dolorosa)
Meta Description: [ This site discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease (Adiposis Dolorosa). This page has medical references. ]

Nunnie's Story - Adiposis Dolorosa AKA Dercum's Disease - Diary entries of Nunnie, aka Pam Pole, on her road of discovery of Dercum's.

404 Subcutaneous Lipomas | BluePrint for Health - BluePrint for Health provides information on health and wellness. It this case, it is a general article on lipomas, with reference to Dercum's disease.

Who named it? - Dercum's disease or syndrome - Provides a brief description of the disease, as well as other names for the disease.
Meta Description: [ Dercum's disease or syndrome: Rare condition characterized by scattered areas of painful cutaneous nodules or fat accumulations. Development of the nodular, tender lipomas is gradual with localization largely to forearms and thighs. ]

Yahoo! Groups: dercums_disease - This is a group discussion area for those with dercum's disease, and provides a means of sharing experiences and ideas.
Meta Description: [ Dercums_Disease: Support Group ]