LYMPHO-NODAL FIBROSCLEROSIS IN PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA PART TWO: CONSEQUENCES OF LYMPHO-NODAL FIBROSCLEROSIS ON LYMPH STASIS IN PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA

IO Rada, N Tudose, R Bibescu Roxin

Abstract


The inguinal-iliac lympho-nodal fibrosclerotic processes
appearing in female patients with primary
lymphedema bring about an obvious tendency of
reduction of the circulatory flux in the afferent
lymphatics at some distance from the lympho-nodal
area: at the foot or at the shank.
The inguinal lympho-nodal morphopathological alterations
(examined in 72 cases of primary lymphedema)
were followed, by distal lymph stasis at the
level of the foot and of the leg, without sensibly affecting
the lymph flow in the thigh. These aspects
of the lymph stasis adjacent to the lympho-nodal
areas are striking in the patients with secondary
lymphedema.


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