Massive localized lymphedema revisited: A quickly rising complication of the obesity epidemic

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 126-132

  Chopra, Karan ^a,b   Tadisina, Kashyap K ^c   Brewer, Michael ^b   Holton, Luther H ^b   Banda, Abhishake K ^b   Singh, Devinder P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Lymphedema of obesity; Massive localized lymphedema; MLL

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; HUMAN; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY;

HUMANS; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID;

EID: 84924978466     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31828bb332     Document Type: Review

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