A patient with macrodystrophia lipomatosa bilaterally affecting the entire upper extremity: reporting of a rare case and literature review

The patient, a 58-year-old Asian female, had the progressive, bilateral overgrowth of the entire upper extremity since her childhood and has undergone debulking surgery twice in her country. However, overgrowth progressed after surgery. The patient was diagnosed with Macrodystrophia lipomatosa (MDL)...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Baba, Kyoko, Kashiwagi, Shinya, Nemoto, Mitsuru, Takeda, Akira, Fukumoto, Keizo, Uchinuma, Eiju
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8183515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34124316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2021.1872380
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Sumario:The patient, a 58-year-old Asian female, had the progressive, bilateral overgrowth of the entire upper extremity since her childhood and has undergone debulking surgery twice in her country. However, overgrowth progressed after surgery. The patient was diagnosed with Macrodystrophia lipomatosa (MDL) by physical and imaging findings in our departments.

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