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n. - Pathology in which fat accumulates in a benign tumor in the body.

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  • Dercum of Philadelphia has described a variety of obesity which he has called "adiposis dolorosa," in which there is an enormous growth of fat, sometimes limited, sometimes...
  • L5-s1 level small amount of Granulated tissue present at operative site extending in the right lateral recess. s1 nerve root inlarged, mild epidural lipomatosis.
  • Which he has called ` ` adiposis dolorosa, '' in which there is an enormous growth of fat, sometimes limited, sometimes spread all over the body, this condition differing from...
  • Also consider that individuals who have NO fat tissue (e.g. lipodystrophy) have extremely elevated metabolic risk factors, meanwhile others who can apparently indefinitely grow...
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