title: [A case of adiposis dolorosa--Dercum's disease].
abstract: Adiposis dolorosa or Dercum's disease consists of a painful progressive localized state of obesity with four cardinal symptoms: a) painful circumscribed or diffuse fatty deposits, b) generalized obesity in women usually of menopausal age, c) asthenia, weakness and frequently tendency to fatigue and d) mental phenomena including emotional instability, depression, epilepsy, mental confusion and true dementia. Only a few cases in men have been described. The pain may be treated with intravenous administration of lignocaine or oral mexitil while no causal treatment is known. An illustrative case is reported.
authors.affiliation: Medicinsk afdeling F, Køvenhavns Amts Sygehus i Glostrup.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiilerich
mesh_terms: D000274:Adiposis Dolorosa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Et tilfaelde af adiposis dolorosa--morbus Dercum.