Madelung disease

mul·ti·ple sym·met·ric lip·o·ma·to·sis

accumulation and progressive enlargement of collections of adipose tissue in the subcutaneous tissue of the head, neck, upper trunk, and upper portions of the upper extremities; seen primarily in adult males and of unknown cause. Synonym(s): Launois-Bensaude syndrome, Madelung disease, symmetric adenolipomatosis

Madelung disease

Generalized symmetrical deposits of fatty tissue (lipomas) on the upper back, shoulders, and neck. Synonym: Madelung neck

Madelung,

Otto Wilhelm, German surgeon, 1846-1926. Madelung deformity - a distal radial ulnar subluxation due to relative deficiency of axial growth of the medial side of the distal radius. Synonym(s): carpus curvusMadelung disease - accumulation and progressive enlargement of adipose tissue in the subcutaneous tissue of the head, neck, upper trunk, and upper portions of the upper extremities. Synonym(s): multiple symmetric lipomatosisMadelung lipoma - fatty tumor.Madelung neck - multiple symmetric lipomatosis confined to the neck.Madelung subluxation - incomplete dislocation or luxation.