CASE REPORT   

Journal of Radiological Review 2020 March-April;7(2):160-4

DOI: 10.23736/S2723-9284.20.00259-4

Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English, Italian

Madelung’s disease

Rocco MINELLI ¹ ✉, Maria G. GIAGNORIO ¹, Federica GRECO ¹, Antonio DI DONNA ¹, Eugenio ROSSI ², Carmela BRILLANTINO ², Pasquale GUERRIERO ¹, Federica DE MUZIO ¹, Pasquale SANGINARIO ¹, Federico DONNARUMMA ¹, Michelangelo FICI ³, Gianfranco VALLONE ¹

¹ V. Tiberio Department of Life and Health, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; ² USD Radiology and Ultrasound, Pausilipon - AORN Santobono Hospital, Naples, Italy; ³ Unit of Radiology, A. Cardarelli Hospital, Campobasso, Italy

Madelung’s disease, also known as symmetric multi adenolipomatosi (MSL), is a rare disease of unknown etiology with a higher incidence in the Mediterranean area, characterized by multiple subcutaneous lipid deposits non-enveloped, associated with neurological disorders. Madelung’s disease mostly affects male subjects, genetically predisposed, and sees chronic alcoholism as the main risk factor. We describe the case of a 65-year-old man with ant history of chronic alcoholism, arrived at the A. Cardarelli Hospital in Campobasso to a hypo. On examination, the patient had several bumps in the neck and upper back, and neurological deficits.

KEY WORDS: Lipomatosis, multiple symmetrical; Nervous system diseases; Causality