Dercum's disease, Dercum disease, Adiposis Dolorosa, Morbus Dercum, Adiposita Dolorosa, Fettvävsreumatism, painful fatty tumors, lipomas, weakness, obesity.
This category is about a disease that has been identified for over a hundred year...
This page was last updated on October 8th, 2008
This page was last updated on October 8th, 2008
Dercum Disease (from Skin Disorders)
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Dorrit Hvam's Dercum's Disease Page (Danish)
This is the English page of a Danish language site describing Dercum's Disease - use Microsoft IE or Netscape 6.x to view.
Dercums Sjukdom (Swedish)
Marie Hallsten's Dercum site, in Swedish. Can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Netscape 4.77 doesn't work). Click on the "Dercums disease" button for an English summary page
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.
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.
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.
Dercum's Disease, also known as Adiposis Dolorosa
Symptoms, personal stories, and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease. Includes a medical article describing the disease and references to scores of other articles. Chat room on Tuesday evenings.
Dercum's Syndrome, Lipomatosis Dolorosa-Adiposis Dolorosa and Morbus Dercum,
Generally describes the disease. The author thinks that it may respond to special diet.
Lipoma
This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them.
Nunnie's Story - Adiposis Dolorosa AKA Dercum's Disease
These are more extensive, and better edited diary entries of Nunnie, aka Pam Pole, on her road of discovery of Dercum's, and extend past the original posts which are replicated on http://dercums_data.tripod.com/nunnie1.html
Emerging Worlds, Dercum's Disease page
The site explores the possibility that chronic diseases are caused by stealth viruses, and that Dercum's Disease fits in that category. This page describes Dercum's Disease, and most of the description is taken from the Swedish site.
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.
Dercum Disease (NORD article)
A short discussion about this rare disorder (aka Dercum's Disease, Adiposis Dolorosa), characterized by pressure of fatty deposits on nerves, resulting in weakness and pain. Some resources are listed for further study. This entry is provided by NORD (Nat
eMedicine - Adiposis Dolorosa : Article by Nada Macaron, MD
Overview article describing Dercum's Disease. It is a melding of the various existing Dercum articles into a coherent presentation.
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ILDS: ICD-10 - by Code [E88.210 - G71.110]
This site contains a list of Dermatology disease codes that include Dercum's. Adiposis dolorosa is at the top of list: E88.210 (use to be E88200).
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).
Subcutaneous Lipomas | BluePrint for Health
BluePrint for Health provides information on health and wellness. It this case, it is a general article on lipomas, with reference to Dercum's disease.
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.
Lipoma Forum
A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses.
DOIA - Adipositas Dolorosa
The DOIA, or Dermatological Online Image Atlas, is a listing of images relating to skin diseases. They do not have any pictures of Dercum's Disease, but they do ask for sufferers to fill out a questionnaire at the bottom of this page (the form doesn't al
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.
Who named it? - Dercum's disease or syndrome
Provides a brief description of the disease, as well as other names for the disease.
Lipomatosis Dolorosa, Morbus Dercum - University of Magdeburg (Germany) English article
This page is the English translation of a German journal article on Dercum's disease. Other information, in German, is available on the website.
Medical News - Dercum's Disease - From a patient
A recent article by a Dercum's patient from Denmark.
Lipoma Excision- March 1, 2002 - American Family Physician
An article describing the excision of a lipoma. Dercum's in mentioned within the article.
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.
Italian Dercum Disease page
An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference.
Dercum's Hope
A new (and still unfinished) website developed by the Dercum's Yahoo chat group to provide information and support about the disease.
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.
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)
Hundreds of Lipomas
Patient medical question and doctor answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum at Med Help. This question is about hundreds of lipomas.
This is the English page of a Danish language site describing Dercum's Disease - use Microsoft IE or Netscape 6.x to view.
Marie Hallsten's Dercum site, in Swedish. Can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Netscape 4.77 doesn't work). Click on the "Dercums disease" button for an English summary page
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.
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.
This is a group discussion area for those with dercum's disease, and provides a means of sharing experiences and ideas.
Symptoms, personal stories, and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease. Includes a medical article describing the disease and references to scores of other articles. Chat room on Tuesday evenings.
Generally describes the disease. The author thinks that it may respond to special diet.
This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them.
These are more extensive, and better edited diary entries of Nunnie, aka Pam Pole, on her road of discovery of Dercum's, and extend past the original posts which are replicated on http://dercums_data.tripod.com/nunnie1.html
The site explores the possibility that chronic diseases are caused by stealth viruses, and that Dercum's Disease fits in that category. This page describes Dercum's Disease, and most of the description is taken from the Swedish site.
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.
A short discussion about this rare disorder (aka Dercum's Disease, Adiposis Dolorosa), characterized by pressure of fatty deposits on nerves, resulting in weakness and pain. Some resources are listed for further study. This entry is provided by NORD (Nat
Overview article describing Dercum's Disease. It is a melding of the various existing Dercum articles into a coherent presentation.
This site contains a list of Dermatology disease codes that include Dercum's. Adiposis dolorosa is at the top of list: E88.210 (use to be E88200).
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).
BluePrint for Health provides information on health and wellness. It this case, it is a general article on lipomas, with reference to Dercum's disease.
This article discusses a case of Dercum's Disease in the knee that was apparently caused by corticosteroid usage.
A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses.
The DOIA, or Dermatological Online Image Atlas, is a listing of images relating to skin diseases. They do not have any pictures of Dercum's Disease, but they do ask for sufferers to fill out a questionnaire at the bottom of this page (the form doesn't al
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.
Provides a brief description of the disease, as well as other names for the disease.
This page is the English translation of a German journal article on Dercum's disease. Other information, in German, is available on the website.
A recent article by a Dercum's patient from Denmark.
An article describing the excision of a lipoma. Dercum's in mentioned within the article.
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.
An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference.
A new (and still unfinished) website developed by the Dercum's Yahoo chat group to provide information and support about the disease.
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.
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)
Patient medical question and doctor answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum at Med Help. This question is about hundreds of lipomas.
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