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 r…
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 a…
Dercum's Syndrome, Lipomatosis Dolorosa-Adiposis Dolorosa and Morbus Dercum,
Generally describes the disease. The author thinks that it may respond to special diet.
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 articl…
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.
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 mo…
Familial Multiple Lipomas
This is a doctor's page entitled "Cancers Treated". The doctor discusses some diseases associated with lipomas. He is a cancer doctor and does not consider Dercum's disease serio…
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.
Medical News - Dercum's Disease - From a patient
A recent article by a Dercum's patient from Denmark.
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)
Nunnie's Story - Adiposis Dolorosa AKA Dercum's Disease
Diary entries of Nunnie, aka Pam Pole, on her road of discovery of Dercum's.
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.
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.
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