BUFFALO, N. Y.
SynopsisIntroduction. Personal observations (20 cases, 19 photographs). Consideration of special clinical varieties or syndromes\p=m-\groups of cases. Group I. Adiposis dolorosa. Group II. Obesity. Group III. Nodular circumscribed lipomatosis. Group IV. Diffuse symmetrical lipomatosis (Fetthals, Madelung; ad\l=e'\no-lipomatosesym\l=e'\trique \l =a`\ pr\l=e'\dominance cervicale, Launois and Bensaude). Group V. Neuropathic edema, pseudoedema, pseudolipoma and lipoma. Group VI. Adipositas cerebralis (Fr\l=o"\hlich,Madelung and others). Consideration of the combined groups.General summary (including special subjects, arthritism, heredity, etc.). Etiology (including glands of internal secretion). Treatment. Conclusions. Bibliography. PERSONAL OBSERVATION Case 1.\p=m-\Summary.\p=m-\Typical case of Dercum's syndrome, elephantiac form. Woman, 61; family history of insanity; enormous diffuse adiposity limited to legs, thighs and hips; marked tenderness; asthenia; deafness; rheumatoid pains; insanity; suicide.
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