Letter: Lipedema.

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Title
Letter: Lipedema.
Abstract
To the Editor.— I do not believe that Stallworth et al (228:1656, 1974) have proven their case for a definite clinical entity of "lipedema" in the patients described.The plasma lipid values seem high, but are of no significance unless the controls were patients of comparable sex, age, and mean weight; this is not stated. The origin of tissue lipid values would similarly have to be a group of middle-aged, overweight patients with fat legs but no symptoms, to make their figures valid.I have seen and treated many patients with a clinical picture identical with that described in their paper. Many of these patients have clinical evidence of past phlebitis; others do not. Both groups have episodes of painful, lumpy swellings in their legs, that may be accompanied by redness, heat, and tenderness in the affected areas. This picture frequently takes many weeks to resolve and may leave some ...
Publication
JAMA
Volume
229
Issue
11
Pages
1420
Date
1974-09-09
Journal Abbr
JAMA
Language
eng
ISSN
0098-7484 0098-7484
Extra
Place: United States
Citation
Singer, A. (1974). Letter: Lipedema. JAMA, 229(11), 1420. https://doi.org/doi:10.1001/jama.1974.03230490022005
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