Zaid F Alaween, Asem A Al Hiari, Rami M Al Majali.
Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;18(4):316-8.

Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa is a congenital form of localized gigantism characterized by an increase in all mesenchymal elements particularly fibroadipose tissue. We describe two patients with Macrodystrophia Lipomatosa affecting the hand that exhibited characteristic radiological and MRI findings that distinguish the lesion from other conditions associated with localized gigantism.

A 16-year old girl presented to the casualty department having grazed her second finger of her right hand few hours previously. The finger was tender with some swelling. History revealed that she was noted to have hypertrophy of her second and third fingers of her right hand during her first year. For her immediate injury she was treated with painkiller after excluding bone fractures. Photograph for her right hand showed hypertrophy of second and third fingers. X-ray of the affected hand showed increase size of the bones and soft tissue of the second and third finger with multiple translucencies of the soft tissue.

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