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lymphedema
(redirected from Secondary lymphoedema)

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lymphedema [¦lim·fə¦dē·mə]
(medicine)
Edema resulting from lymph vessel obstruction.


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Secondary lymphoedema of the arm often occurs following treatment for breast cancer, especially if
Of these patients, 188 (90%) had secondary lymphoedema of the upper limb following radical mastectomy; 20 (10%) had lymphoedema of the lower limb, of whom 12 patients had secondary lymphoedema following lymphangectomy for malignant melanoma and eight patients had lymphoedema of unknown origin.
10) The symptoms and morbidity of secondary lymphoedema often have a detrimental affect on the patient's quality of life, with depression, domestic and social dysfunction often being reported.
 
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