title: [Macrodystrophia lipomatosa. A rare disease with rheumatic manifestations].
abstract: The author presents the case of a 32-year-old woman with the diagnosis of Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa associated with carpal tunnel syndrome. Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa is a rare form of localized gigantism characterised by an abnormal overgrowth of the mesenchymal elements of one or more digits. For the rheumatologist this disease has interest due the possibility of musculoskeletal complaints, namely compression of the neurovascular structures and local degenerative articular disease.
authors: Instituto Português de Reumatologiam, Lisboa, Portugal. jccoel@gmail.com
authors: Paulo Clemente
authors: PC
authors: Coelho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D050278:Finger Phalanges; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000150:complications*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*