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.
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/neo-2-3.htm
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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.
http://www.jeghers.com/annts/lipomas.htm
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OMIM Entry for Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease)
This OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) site uses some very limited research (2 papers dealing with 3 families) to conclude that this may be an inherited illness.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?103200
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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).
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/bones.htm
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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.
http://dercums_data.tripod.com/brorson.html
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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.
http://www.vulvarpain.icomm.ca/brenner.html
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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)
http://Dercums_Data.tripod.com/ref-list.html
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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.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dercums_disease/
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Familial Multiple Lipomas
This is a doctor's page where he discusses some diseases associated with lipomas. He is a cancer doctor and does not consider Dercum's disease fatal. His description appears not to based on first hand experience.
http://www.medonc.com/lipomas.htm
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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.
http://dercums_data.tripod.com/greenbaum.html
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