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Dercum's Syndrome, Lipomatosis Dolorosa-Adiposis Dolorosa and Morbus Dercum,
http://www.dstressdoc.com/dercum's.htm ^pop
Generally describes the disease. The author thinks that it may respond to special diet.

Bones and Soft Tissue
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/bones.htm
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).

Brorson/Fagher Article on Dercum's Disease or Adiposis Dolorosa
http://members.tripod.com/dercums_data/brorson.html
This is an excellent overview article on the disease characterized by painful lipomas (benign fatty tumors). Note that the first part of the article is a biography of Dr. Dercum.

Cancer: Causes and Effects
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/neo-2-3.htm
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.

Corticosteroid-Induced Juxta-articular Adiposis Dolorosa
http://members.tripod.com/dercums_data/greenbaum.html
This article discusses a case of Dercum's Disease in the knee that was apparently caused by corticosteroid usage.

Dercum Disease (NORD article)
http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Dercum%20Disease
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).

Dercum's Disease, also known as Adiposis Dolorosa
http://www.dercum.org/
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.

Dercum's Hope
http://www.dercumshope.org/index.php
A new (and still unfinished) website developed by the Dercum's Yahoo chat group to provide information and support about the disease.

Dercums Sjukdom (Swedish)
http://user.tninet.se/~jwv994x/dercum/
Marie Hallsten's Dercum site, in Swedish. Can be viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer (Netscape 4.77 doesn't work). Click on the "Dercums disease" button for an English summary page

Dermatologic Diseases and Problems of Women Throughout the Life Cycle
http://www.vulvarpain.icomm.ca/brenner.html
Article by Brenner and Politi on women's dermatological problems from the International Journal of Dermatology. There is a section on Dercum's Disease toward the end of the article.

Dorrit Hvam's Dercum's Disease Page (Danish)
http://www.algon.dk/dercum/dercumeng1.php
This is the English page of a Danish language site describing Dercum's Disease - use Microsoft IE or Netscape 6.x to view.

eMedicine - Adiposis Dolorosa : Article by Nada Macaron, MD
http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic839.htm
Overview article describing Dercum's Disease. It is a melding of the various existing Dercum articles into a coherent presentation.

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