Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports

AIM: Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare cause of gigantism of limb which can be confused with other common causes like congenital lymphedema. It presents usually with loss of function and cosmetic problems. Four cases are described with emphasis on clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, im...

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Autores principales: Khan, Rizwan A, Wahab, Shagufta, Ahmad, Ibne, Chana, Rajendra S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20969776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-36-69
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author Khan, Rizwan A
Wahab, Shagufta
Ahmad, Ibne
Chana, Rajendra S
author_facet Khan, Rizwan A
Wahab, Shagufta
Ahmad, Ibne
Chana, Rajendra S
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description AIM: Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare cause of gigantism of limb which can be confused with other common causes like congenital lymphedema. It presents usually with loss of function and cosmetic problems. Four cases are described with emphasis on clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, imaging and treatment options. METHODS & RESULTS: Four patients of macrodystrophia lipomatosa were thoroughly examined and subjected to investigations. CONCLUSION: Besides diligent clinical examination, imaging and histopathology are crucial in clinching the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-29879082010-11-19 Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports Khan, Rizwan A Wahab, Shagufta Ahmad, Ibne Chana, Rajendra S Ital J Pediatr Research AIM: Macrodystrophia lipomatosa is a rare cause of gigantism of limb which can be confused with other common causes like congenital lymphedema. It presents usually with loss of function and cosmetic problems. Four cases are described with emphasis on clinical presentation, differential diagnoses, imaging and treatment options. METHODS & RESULTS: Four patients of macrodystrophia lipomatosa were thoroughly examined and subjected to investigations. CONCLUSION: Besides diligent clinical examination, imaging and histopathology are crucial in clinching the diagnosis. BioMed Central 2010-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC2987908/ /pubmed/20969776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-36-69 Text en Copyright ©2010 Khan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Khan, Rizwan A
Wahab, Shagufta
Ahmad, Ibne
Chana, Rajendra S
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title_full Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title_fullStr Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title_full_unstemmed Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title_short Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
title_sort macrodystrophia lipomatosa: four case reports
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20969776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-36-69
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