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Case Reports
. 2013 Jan 8;185(1):E79.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.120191. Epub 2012 Jun 25.

Madelung disease

Fang-ying Lin  1 , Tsung-Lin Yang
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Case Reports

Madelung disease

Fang-ying Lin et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
(A) A 68-year-old man with a long-standing history of heavy alcohol use presenting with soft-tissue swellings over his head and neck. (B) T1-weighted magnetic resonance image showing nonencapsulated masses with soft-tissue density widely distributed over the superficial and deep fascial spaces of the head, neck, back and upper trunk.
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