- macrodystrophia lipomatosa
- A rare nonfamilial disease characterized by enlargement of the fingers by lipomas, with painful degenerative arthropathy of the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
macrodystrophia lipomatosa
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