Madelung's deformity arises from bowing of the distal radius while the ulna continues grow and straighten. The radius ultimately becomes shorter than the ulna. Although the above description aptly ...

A woman has been diagnosed with Madelung disease – a condition linked to excessive alcohol consumption – which causes huge lumps of fat to develop all over the body. The woman, 64, admitted she had ...

A 58-year-old man presented to our hospital for surgical resection of a swelling of the upper back (Figure 1). The patient was a heavy drinker who had been given a diagnosis of alcoholic fatty liver ...

A woman who had been an alcoholic for 40 years developed a massive hump on her back as a result of drinking. Doctors who treated the 64-year-old were astounded to discover she had a so-called ‘buffalo ...

A man in China developed huge fatty lumps on his neck as a result of a very rare condition called Madelung disease. The condition, also known as lipomatosis, mostly affects men who have a history of ...

Doctors from the Slovakian town of Martin have removed a tumour from a man’s chin that weighed a whopping 12lbs. Stefan Zoleik, who works as a plumber, suffered from a rare condition called Madelung ...

A man who downed two litres of spirits a day for more than 30 years developed a fatty tumour that led him to be called 'the man with the horse's neck'. Hong Shu struggled to eat, sleep or breathe ...