- Bones and Soft Tissue
Section of an online medical/pathology text book by Dr. Ed Friedlander. Buried in here are some comments on Dercum's Disease (search for "dercum" to find them).
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/bones.htm
- Cancer: Causes and Effects
Chapter from Dr. Ed Friedlander's online textbook. Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease) is mentioned (search for "adiposis"). Even though the lipomas (tumors) are benign, they can cause problems just by being, and he lists a number of examples.
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/neo-2-3.htm
- Dercum Disease (NORD article)
A short discussion about this rare disorder (aka Dercum's Disease, Adiposis Dolorosa), characterized by pressure of fatty deposits on nerves, resulting in weakness and pain. Some resources are listed for further study. This entry is provided by NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders).
http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Dercum%20Disease
- Dercum's Disease, also known as Adiposis Dolorosa
Symptoms, personal stories, and research that has been done in the study of Dercum's Disease. Includes a medical article describing the disease and references to scores of other articles. Chat room on Tuesday evenings.
http://www.dercum.org/
- Italian Dercum Disease page
An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference.
http://malattierare.pediatria.unipd.it/pubblicaMR/mr_dx_ing.asp?mr=102
- Lipoma
This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them.
http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/lipoma.htm
- Lipoma Forum
A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses.
http://www.lipomaforum.com
- OMIM Entry for Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease)
This OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) site uses some very limited research (2 papers dealing with 3 families) to conclude that this may be an inherited illness.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?103200
- Yahoo! Groups: dercums_disease
This is a group discussion area for those with dercum's disease, and provides a means of sharing experiences and ideas.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dercums_disease/
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