Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Multiple symmetric lipomatosis: a case report |
| Authors: |
Amin Banitahmaseb, Emin Karaman, Ahmet Özdoğan, Ebru Kaya Banitahmaseb, Sergülen Derviflo¤lu |
| Source: |
Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 48-54 (2005) |
| Publisher Information: |
Galenos Yayincilik, 2005. |
| Publication Year: |
2005 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Otorhinolaryngology |
| Subject Terms: |
multiple symmetric lipomatosis, cervical lipoma, surgical excision., Otorhinolaryngology, RF1-547 |
| More Details: |
Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare disorder that is characterized by accumulating of uncapsulated adipose tissue, mainly at the neck, upper trunk and sometimes other side of body unrelated with obesity. The patients are usually middle-aged males from Mediterranean area with history of alcohol abuse. Three clinical forms have described according to the distribution of fatty tumors as Madelung’s fatty neck, pseudo-athletic type and gynaecoid type. We present a 51 years old male case contains features of all three clinical forms together. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2667-7474 |
| Relation: |
http://turkarchotolaryngol.net/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/multiple-symmetric-lipomatosis-a-case-report/43694; https://doaj.org/toc/2667-7474 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/fb590de94a954d4cb6f7d720d3bb0c38 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.fb590de94a954d4cb6f7d720d3bb0c38 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
