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Picture of the patient showing Madelung's disease with symmetric accumulation of lipomatous tissue in the cervical region. The most prominent enlargement was found in the retroauricular, occipital, and upper back areas ((a)-(c)). A cervicothoracic magnetic resonance imaging of the neck showing bilateral subcutaneous masses of nonencapsulated adipose tissue in ventral and lateral regions of the neck ((d)-(f)).
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A cervicothoracic MRI showed an accumulation of large, bilateral subcutaneous masses of nonencapsulated adipose tissue in ventral and lateral regions of the neck and especially in a suboccipital region, pushing against the atrophic neck muscles typical of Madelung's disease (Figure 1).