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

Lipomas, Lipomatosis, and Certain Clinical Types of Abnormal Fat Deposit This is an older article (1974) that has a section describing the Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease or Dercum Syndrome), as well as other diseases affecting the fatty deposits. http://www.jeghers.com/annts/lipomas.htm

OMIM Entry for Adiposis Dolorosa (Dercum's Disease) This OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) site uses some very limited research (2 papers dealing with 3 families) to conclude that this may be an inherited illness. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?103200

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

Dermatologic Diseases and Problems of Women Throughout the Life Cycle 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. http://www.vulvarpain.icomm.ca/brenner.html

National Library of Medicine PubMed References This is a listing of the references to Dercum's Disease culled from Medline, the National Library of Medicine data base.  (aka Dercum Syndrome, Adiposis Dolorosa) http://Dercums_Data.tripod.com/ref-list.html

Yahoo! Groups: dercums_disease This is a group discussion area for those with dercum's disease, and provides a means of sharing experiences and ideas. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dercums_disease/

Familial Multiple Lipomas This is a doctor's page where he discusses some diseases associated with lipomas. He is a cancer doctor and does not consider Dercum's disease fatal. His description appears not to based on first hand experience. http://www.medonc.com/lipomas.htm

DOIA - Adipositas Dolorosa The DOIA, or Dermatological Online Image Atlas, is a listing of images relating to skin diseases. They do not have any pictures of Dercum's Disease, but they do ask for sufferers to fill out a questionnaire at the bottom of this page (the form doesn't always work properly, so save your answers elsewhere). http://www.dermis.net/doia/diagnose.asp?zugr=d&lang=e&diagnr=214003&topic=i

Who named it? - Dercum's disease or syndrome Provides a brief description of the disease, as well as other names for the disease. http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1453.html

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

Lipoma This site references some articles dealing with Dercum's Disease, and provides synopses of them. http://www.thedoctorsdoctor.com/diseases/lipoma.htm

Subcutaneous Lipomas | BluePrint for Health BluePrint for Health provides information on health and wellness. It this case, it is a general article on lipomas, with reference to Dercum's disease. http://blueprint.bluecrossmn.com/topic/sublipomas

Dercums Sjukdom (Swedish) 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 http://user.tninet.se/~jwv994x/dercum/

Lipoma Excision- March 1, 2002 - American Family Physician An article describing the excision of a lipoma. Dercum's in mentioned within the article. http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020301/901.html

Hundreds of Lipomas Patient medical question and doctor answer from The Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum at Med Help. This question is about hundreds of lipomas. http://www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/messages/31895a.html

Lipoma Forum A community devoted to sharing information, providing resources and offering support to those who suffer from lipomas, Dercrum's, MSL or any related illnesses. http://www.lipomaforum.com

Italian Dercum Disease page An Italian page discussing Dercum's Disease. This site is in Italian and English - this is the English reference. http://malattierare.pediatria.unipd.it/pubblicaMR/mr_dx_ing.asp?mr=102

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

Lipomatosis Dolorosa, Morbus Dercum - University of Magdeburg (Germany) English article This page is the English translation of a German journal article on Dercum's disease. Other information, in German, is available on the website. http://dercum.net/Einleitung/Englisch/englisch.html