title: Madelung disease: MR findings.
abstract: Two cases of Madelung disease (benign symmetrical lipomatosis) are presented. The MR findings in this striking condition are demonstrated. Short-repetition-time/short-echo time sequences nicely show the relationship of the cervical lipomatous accumulations to the airway and major neurovascular structures in the carotid spaces. Fat-suppression techniques add no additional information in the radiologic evaluation of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1088.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ginsberg
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Moody
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: McCain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008069:Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged