FAMILIAL MULTIPLE LIPOMATOSIS WITH POLYNEUROPATHY

A 73-year-old man who had suffered from multiple lipomatosis since the age of 25 developed peripheral neuropathy. His father and 4 of his 6 siblings as well as 3 nephews were likewise affected with multiple lip omatosis, consistent with an autosomal-dominant made of inheritance. T he co-occurence of familial multiple lipomatosis and neuropathy may be more than a chance association since neuropathy has frequently been r eported in a related phenotype, multiple symmetric lipomatosis.