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Scevola S, Nicoletti G, Neri A, et al. Long term assessment of intralipotherapy in Madelung's disease. Indian J Plast Surg. 2014;47(3):427-31doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.146638.
Scevola, S., Nicoletti, G., Neri, A., & Faga, A. (2014). Long term assessment of intralipotherapy in Madelung's disease. Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India, 47(3), 427-31. https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.146638
Scevola, Silvia, et al. "Long term assessment of intralipotherapy in Madelung's disease." Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India vol. 47,3 (2014): 427-31. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.146638
Scevola S, Nicoletti G, Neri A, Faga A. Long term assessment of intralipotherapy in Madelung's disease. Indian J Plast Surg. 2014 Sep-Dec;47(3):427-31. doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.146638. PMID: 25593434; PMCID: PMC4292126.
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Indian J Plast Surg. 2014 Sep-Dec;47(3):427-31. doi: 10.4103/0970-0358.146638.

Long term assessment of intralipotherapy in Madelung's disease.

Indian journal of plastic surgery : official publication of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

Silvia Scevola, Giovanni Nicoletti, Antonino Neri, Angela Faga

Affiliations

  1. Advanced Technologies for Regenerative Medicine and Inductive Surgery Research Centre, University of Pavia, Viale Brambilla 74, Italy.
  2. Advanced Technologies for Regenerative Medicine and Inductive Surgery Research Centre, University of Pavia, Viale Brambilla 74, Italy ; Department of Clinical Surgical Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pavia, Via Aselli 45, Italy ; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, Salvatore Maugeri Research and Care Institute, Via Salvatore Maugeri 10, Italy.
  3. Radiology Unit, Salvatore Maugeri Research and Care Institute, Via Salvatore Maugeri 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy.

PMID: 25593434 PMCID: PMC4292126 DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.146638

Abstract

Madelung's disease is characterised by multiple symmetric abnormal fat masses in the head, neck and upper limbs. Surgical excision or liposuction is the only realistic available option, although palliative in nature. The serial intralipotherapy with phosphatidylcholine/deoxycholate has been proposed as a non-invasive treatment of Madelung's disease. The authors used serial intralipotherapy with phosphatidylcholine/deoxycholate in two patients affected by Madelung's disease. Three injections per lesion per patient were performed with 1 month's interval. Pre- and 6 months' post-treatment dimensions were assessed with ultrasound scan and patients were observed along a 5 years' clinical follow-up. A 42.5% average size reduction was reported in all treated lesions. About 33% recurrence rate was observed in the 5 years' follow-up. We confirm the efficacy of intralipotherapy in the non-invasive palliative treatment of Madelung's disease, as a valid option to reduce the volume and limit the growth of the pathological adipose masses.

Keywords: Deoxycholate; Madelung's disease; intralipotherapy; phosphatidylcholine; ultrasounds

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