[Benign symmetric lipomatosis--Launois-Besaude syndrome. A case report].

We describe the case of a 38-year-old male with a benign symmetrical lipomatosis Launois-Bensaude. He has suffered from severe obesity since the age of seven. At the age of 30, hypogonadism was diagnosed and treated. He developed a Pickwick-syndrome, with hypokapnia and secondary polycytemia. Ulcerations developed on the lower parts of his legs, which were treated conservatively for many years at our dermatological clinic. Because of intertriginous dermatitis in the right groin, he treated himself with external corticosteroids containing dequalonium. Ulceration and fatty necrosis followed, necessitating extensive plastic surgical intervention, with removal of approximately 30 kg of skin and adipose tissue.