2. Information on Lymphedema, Lipedema, and Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) In this chapter, lymphedema and the reasons why it develops are explained in detail. It includes descriptions and ...
A Stemmer sign in stage III lipedema does not confirm lipedema but lipo-lymphedema. 1. Kruppa P, Georgiou I, Biermann N, Prantl L, Klein-Weigel P, Ghods M: Lipedema—pathogenesis, diagnosis and ...
We agree that a positive Stemmer sign is by no means pathognomonic for stage III lipedema, but will be positive only in a setting of accompanying lymphedema. Since the terminology “lipo ...