Dercum Disease

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The Dercum Society - Describes the disease and its symptoms. Also provides suggestions on how to prepare for a doctor's visit so that the right diagnosis is made.

Dercum's Disease - Discusses the symptoms, personal stories and research that has been done in the study of this disease.

Dercum's Disease - Describes the disease and provides links to other sites.

Dercum's Disease or Morbus (Mb) Dercum - Information from the Swedish Dercum's Society, courtesy of Dr. Fagher, one of the current experts in the disease.

eMedicine: Adiposis Dolorosa - Provides an overview of diagnosis and clinical features.

Lipomatosis Dolorosa - Describes the disease and suggests a possible dietary treatment.

My Illness - Personal account of one individual living with Dercum's Disease, and the path she took to diagnosis.

Wikipedia - Adiposis Dolorosa - Offers a descriptive article of this rare disease, also known as Ander's disease or Dercum's disease.

Yahoo! Groups: Dercums Disease - Discussion board provides a means of sharing experiences and ideas.

Dercum's Disease - From a patient - An account from Denmark, in Medical News Today. (January 9, 2004)

Dercum´s disease - a frequently overlooked disease picture - German researchers present a case report describing methods used to treat the pain associated with this disease. (January 1, 2002)

Portrait of a Medical Enigma - This is an article by Drs. Brorson and Fagher on Dercum's Disease. The first part of the article is a biography of Dr. Dercum followed by a detailed description of the disease. (April 15, 1996)

Corticosteroid-Induced Juxta-articular Adiposis Dolorosa - Article copied from the Archives of Dermatology discusses a case of Dercum's Disease in the knee that was apparently caused by corticosteroid usage. (February 1, 1991)