Madelung disease, also known as multiple symmetric lipomatosis, is characterized by benign, nonencapsulated fatty masses around the head and neck, the trunk and the upper extremities.1 Its prevalence ...

Madelung disease is often managed with lipectomy or liposuction but, as in our case, alcohol avoidance may decrease the fat accumulation. 1 The cause of Madelung disease is still unknown, but defects ...

Madelung's deformity arises from bowing of the distal radius while the ulna continues grow and straighten. The radius ultimately becomes shorter than the ulna. Although the above description aptly ...

Madelung disease diagnosed in New York: Pictures show woman with 'buffalo humps' from 40 years of heavy drinking. By Matt Atherton Published 09 February 2016, 12:39 PM GMT.

The 64-year-old, treated at the Brooklyn Hospital Center, was diagnosed with Madelung disease, linked with alcoholism, which causes benign fatty tumours to grow on the body.

The girl arrived at the hospital’s hand surgery unit suffering from pain and a limitation in the movement of her right hand due to Madelung deformity. This condition results from uneven growth ...

Deformity: Hong Shu's neck is grossly swollen A man who downed two litres of spirits a day for more than 30 years developed a fatty tumour that led him to be called 'the man with the horse's neck'.