Massive localized lymphedema: A soft tissue process that may present to dermatologists

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-383

  Wang, Nadia S ^a   Walters, Ruth F ^a   Warren, Simon J ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothyroidism; Massive localized lymphedema; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; TACROLIMUS; THYROTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PANNUS; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LYMPHEDEMA; MASSIVE LOCALIZED LYMPHEDEMA; MICROSCOPY; OBESITY; PANNICULECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; CELLULITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 77952926116     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181bede0a     Document Type: Article

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