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[Benign symmetrical lipomatosis].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 19 Dec 1998
Houwerzijl E J, van den Akker T W, Gökemeijer J D
Abstract excerpt
A man aged 51 for the last 3 months had displayed general malaise, epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting and constipation. Also, he had a pseudo-athletic appearance with symmetrical large accumulations of fat on the front of the trunk, the lower back, the shoulders and the proximal extremities, characteristic of 'benign symmetrical lipomatosis'. He died of embolism of the aortic bifurcation and autopsy revealed an...
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