Lymphedema, idiopathicI89.0
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Non-classifiable lymphedema of unknown etiology, which on the one hand cannot be assigned to any of the known lymphedema syndromes and on the other hand no underlying cause (see below lymphedema, secondary) can be proven.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Start of the disease between the ages of 10 and 25. Women are more frequently affected than men.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
Initially preferred in the summer months, often premenstrual swelling of the feet and ankles. The lymphedema spreads from distal to proximal. After several years, secondary skin symptoms such as thickening of the skin, extensive dirty brown hyperkeratosis, papillomatosis cutis lymphostatica.
Complication(s)This section has been translated automatically.
Acute, recurrent and chronic erysipelas.
TherapyThis section has been translated automatically.
S.u. lymphedema.