"Adiposis Dolorosa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A rare disease characterized by multiple tumor-like fatty deposits that press on nerves in various sites causing pain and weakness. Often these lipoma-like structures are located on the trunk and limbs but not on the face and hands.
| Descriptor ID |
D000274
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.463.249 C18.452.584.718.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Adiposis Dolorosa- Adiposis Dolorosa
- Dercum's Disease
- Dercums Disease
- Disease, Dercum's
- Ander's Syndrome
- Ander Syndrome
- Syndrome, Ander's
- Anders Syndrome
- Anders Syndromes
- Syndrome, Anders
- Syndromes, Anders
- Adiposalgia
- Adiposalgias
- Adipose Tissue Rheumatism
- Adipose Tissue Rheumatisms
- Rheumatism, Adipose Tissue
- Rheumatisms, Adipose Tissue
- Tissue Rheumatism, Adipose
- Tissue Rheumatisms, Adipose
- Lipomatosis Dolorosa
- Dolorosa, Lipomatosis
- Dolorosas, Lipomatosis
- Lipomatosis Dolorosas
- Morbus Dercum
- Dercum, Morbus
- Dercums, Morbus
- Morbus Dercums
- Dercum Disease
- Disease, Dercum
- Decum-Vitaut Syndrome
- Decum Vitaut Syndrome
- Syndrome, Decum-Vitaut
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