[Launois-Bensaude disease. Treatment with wide transverse cervicotomy]

Launois-Bensaude disease (known in English-speaking countries as Madelung's disease) is a diffuse, symmetrical lipomatosis predominant on the neck, face and trunk. All the anterior cervical lipomas can be removed by a wide transverse cervicotomy without danger for the major neural structures (spinal, and facial nerves, cervical plexus). This technique was used in three patients with satisfactory cosmetic and functional results and without recurrence.