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

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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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in plastic surgery and hand surgery 2021-01, Vol.8 (1), p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Baba, Kyoko, Kashiwagi, Shinya, Nemoto, Mitsuru, Takeda, Akira, Fukumoto, Keizo, Uchinuma, Eiju
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Atrophy
bilateral
Body fat
Bones
Case Report
Case reports
Congenital diseases
entire upper extremity
Hand surgery
Hyperplasia
Literature reviews
Macrodystrophia lipomatosa
Magnetic resonance imaging
median nerve
Medical imaging
Plastic surgery
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:2332-0885
2332-0885
DOI:10.1080/23320885.2021.1872380