purpose: to present a case of traumatic bilateral eyelid lymphedema. case report: an 18-year old male presented with severe bilateral eye lid lymphedema with a history of severe craniofacial trauma three month ago and neurosurgical procedure. he had lost vision in his left eye because of sever globe injury. his lymphedema was attributed to wide surgical incision scar. the patient underwent manu...

objective: to report the case of a 39- year old unmarried female with factitious edema of the right hand two weeks after being struck by her brother and following self injury of the right arm. method: a 39-year old unmarried female with severe edema of the right hand and forearm diagnosed as factitious lymphedema was admitted to roozbeh psychiatric hospital. after hospitalization, with elevatio...

RESULTS: Four hundred patients were referred with a diagnosis of “lymphedema”; 70% were female and 30% were children. Lymphedema was confirmed in 73% of the cohort: primary (56%) and secondary (44%). Twenty-seven percent of patients labeled with “lymphedema” had another condition. Before referral, only 4% of the cohort underwent lymphoscintigraphy (the gold standard diagnostic test for lymphede...

Lymphedema is a condition characterized by generalization or regional accumulation of protein-rich interstitial fluid as result impaired lymphatic circulation due to congenital acquired reasons. infection may occur secondary neoplasm, surgery, trauma, and radiation while most childhood cases are primary lymphedema. In lymphedema, there an erroneous development function the system them thought h...

RESULTS: Four hundred patients were referred with a diagnosis of “lymphedema”; 70% were female and 30% were children. Lymphedema was confirmed in 73% of the cohort: primary (56%) and secondary (44%). Twenty-seven percent of patients labeled with “lymphedema” had another condition. Before referral, only 4% of the cohort underwent lymphoscintigraphy (the gold standard diagnostic test for lymphede...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify risk factors for lymphedema after breast cancer surgery. DESIGN Multisite case-control study. SETTING Lymphedema clinics in the upper midwestern region of the United States. SAMPLE 94 patients with lymphedema and 94 controls without lymphedema, matched on type of axillary surgery and surgery date. METHODS The Measure of Arm Symptom Survey, a patient-comple...

Lymphedema is the chronic enlargement of tissue due to inadequate lymphatic function. Diagnosis is made by history and physical examination and confirmed with lymphoscintigraphy. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of lymphoscintigraphy for the diagnosis of lymphedema and to determine characteristics of patients with false-negative tests. METHODS Individuals referred to our l...

Lymphedema is the edema that results from chronic lymphatic insufficiency. Lymphatic filariasis is caused by the filarial nematodes Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, and Brugia timori. Lymphatic filariasis is common in tropical and subtropical regions. Early diagnosis and prompt therapy can be implemented using lymphoscintigraphy. Our patient is a 15-year-old boy presenting with a 3-month hi...

PURPOSE Scrotal calculi are rare, and their clinical significance is uncertain. Scrotal pain is a frequent, hard-to-manage problem in urology clinics. Our purpose in this study was to determine the relationship between the presence of scrotal calculi and scrotal pain in a prospective manner. METHODS Sonography and color Doppler ultrasound of the scrotum were performed in 758 consecutive patie...