title: [A man with a pseudo-athletic posture].
abstract: We describe a 50-year-old man with slowly progressive symmetric nonencapsulated fatty deposits on the shoulders, upper extremities en abdomen. These clinical findings are compatible with Madelungs disease and are associated with alcohol abuses and polyneuropathy.
authors.affiliation: Maasstad Ziekenhuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. yvdooren@gmail.com
authors.forename: Yordi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: van Dooren
authors.forename: Jelmer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alsma
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008069:Lipomatosis, Multiple Symmetrical / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged