Primary lymphedema in a four year old boy.
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Primary lymphedema is usually due to either a congenital absence of, or abnormalities in lymphatic tissue or it is caused by mutations in genes influencing lymphatic development(1). It can be sporadic or hereditary. Primary lympedema generally presents with a swollen extremity, most often affecting the lower extremities. A four-year-old boy with sporadic type of primary lymphedema is presented here whose symptoms have started at the age of two years with the involvement of the face and both hands and feet.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 42 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005