Phlebology > Volume 23, Number 6 > Pp. 276-286

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Diagnosis and therapy in children with lymphoedema

R J Damstra ^*  and P S Mortimer 

^* Department of Dermatology, Phlebology and Lymphology, Nij Smellinghe Hospital Drachten, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences (Dermatology), St George's Hospital Medical School, University of London, London, UK

View larger version (132K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1 Typical signs of distal swelling: foot, toe and nail deformity in Milroy disease

 

View larger version (97K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2 A 10-month-old child with erysipelas of unknown cause, suggesting a lymphatic impairment

 

View larger version (75K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3 Clinical signs of lymphoedema (left). Magnetic resonance imaging of transverse and longitudinal sections with pure supramuscular fascia region thickening and trabecular densities, corresponding to fibrosis and an excess of adipose tissue

 

View larger version (14K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 4 Flowchart diagnostics, treatment and follow-up

 

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