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Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)

A 57-year-old female showed bulky, loose tumors, which progressively spread to her arms, anterior chest, and back. She reported dysphagia and dyspnea after mild exertion. She denied alcohol consumption. CT scan of her chest showed no internal lesions. Benign symmetric lipomatosis is a rare syndrome,...

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Autores principales: Esposito, Ana Cláudia Cavalcante, Munhoz, Tania, Abbade, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes, Miot, Hélio Amante
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164744
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author Esposito, Ana Cláudia Cavalcante
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description A 57-year-old female showed bulky, loose tumors, which progressively spread to her arms, anterior chest, and back. She reported dysphagia and dyspnea after mild exertion. She denied alcohol consumption. CT scan of her chest showed no internal lesions. Benign symmetric lipomatosis is a rare syndrome, clinically described as multiple nonencapsulated lipomas of various sizes and symmetrical distribution. This syndrome has three known phenotypes; in type 2 (Launois-Bensaude syndrome), lesions occur primarily on the shoulders, upper arms, and chest, and is unrelated to alcoholism. It causes aesthetic deformities and might block the upper airways. Mediastinal invasion might occur as well.
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spelling pubmed-51932052016-12-29 Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude) Esposito, Ana Cláudia Cavalcante Munhoz, Tania Abbade, Luciana Patrícia Fernandes Miot, Hélio Amante An Bras Dermatol Syndrome in Question A 57-year-old female showed bulky, loose tumors, which progressively spread to her arms, anterior chest, and back. She reported dysphagia and dyspnea after mild exertion. She denied alcohol consumption. CT scan of her chest showed no internal lesions. Benign symmetric lipomatosis is a rare syndrome, clinically described as multiple nonencapsulated lipomas of various sizes and symmetrical distribution. This syndrome has three known phenotypes; in type 2 (Launois-Bensaude syndrome), lesions occur primarily on the shoulders, upper arms, and chest, and is unrelated to alcoholism. It causes aesthetic deformities and might block the upper airways. Mediastinal invasion might occur as well. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5193205/ /pubmed/28099616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164744 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)
title_full Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)
title_fullStr Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)
title_full_unstemmed Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)
title_short Do you know this syndrome? Type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (Launois-Bensaude)
title_sort do you know this syndrome? type 2 benign symmetric lipomatosis (launois-bensaude)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5193205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28099616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164744
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