Lviv treated for the first time a patient with a rare disease Madelung: removed more than a kilogram of fat

What happened

About 600 such cases have been described in the world, and for specialists of St. Panteleimon’s Hospital this is the first experience of treating this ailment.

Due to abnormal growth of adipose tissue in the neck area, the patient became increasingly difficult to breathe, chew, turn his head and sleep.