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Lymphatic malformation(LM)

MedGen UID:
140763
Concept ID:
C0398368
Anatomical Abnormality
Synonym: LM
SNOMED CT: Lymphatic malformation (234095009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0019313
OMIM® Phenotypic series: PS153100

Definition

Primary lymphedema is caused by anatomic or functional defects in the lymphatic system, resulting in chronic swelling of body parts and lymphatic-system malformation. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Hoang VT, Nguyen MD, Van HAT, Hoang DT
Jpn J Radiol 2023 Mar;41(3):283-301. Epub 2022 Nov 3 doi: 10.1007/s11604-022-01356-0. PMID: 36327088
Dubois J, Thomas-Chaussé F, Soulez G
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2019 Dec;22(4):100631. Epub 2019 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.tvir.2019.100631. PMID: 31864533
Elluru RG, Balakrishnan K, Padua HM
Semin Pediatr Surg 2014 Aug;23(4):178-85. Epub 2014 Jul 15 doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2014.07.002. PMID: 25241095

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Hathaway BA, Radu S, Wilson J, Nauta AC
Lymphat Res Biol 2021 Feb;19(1):41-50. Epub 2021 Jan 25 doi: 10.1089/lrb.2020.0100. PMID: 33493408
Johnson AB, Richter GT
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2019 Dec;22(4):100635. Epub 2019 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.tvir.2019.100635. PMID: 31864534
Johnson AB, Richter GT
Clin Perinatol 2018 Dec;45(4):737-749. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2018.07.010. PMID: 30396415
Prickett K, Javia L
Clin Perinatol 2018 Dec;45(4):609-628. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2018.07.003. PMID: 30396408
Wassef M, Blei F, Adams D, Alomari A, Baselga E, Berenstein A, Burrows P, Frieden IJ, Garzon MC, Lopez-Gutierrez JC, Lord DJ, Mitchel S, Powell J, Prendiville J, Vikkula M; ISSVA Board and Scientific Committee
Pediatrics 2015 Jul;136(1):e203-14. Epub 2015 Jun 8 doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3673. PMID: 26055853

Diagnosis

Amaral JG, Lara-Corrales I
Pediatr Radiol 2022 Feb;52(2):249-261. Epub 2022 Jan 5 doi: 10.1007/s00247-021-05260-z. PMID: 34984511
Kulungowski AM, Patel M
Semin Pediatr Surg 2020 Oct;29(5):150971. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2020.150971. PMID: 33069296
Wohlgemuth WA, Brill R, Dendl LM, Stangl F, Stoevesandt D, Schreyer AG
Radiologe 2018 Nov;58(Suppl 1):29-33. doi: 10.1007/s00117-017-0337-5. PMID: 29796772
Foley LS, Kulungowski AM
Adv Pediatr 2015 Aug;62(1):227-55. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2015.04.009. PMID: 26205116
Wassef M, Blei F, Adams D, Alomari A, Baselga E, Berenstein A, Burrows P, Frieden IJ, Garzon MC, Lopez-Gutierrez JC, Lord DJ, Mitchel S, Powell J, Prendiville J, Vikkula M; ISSVA Board and Scientific Committee
Pediatrics 2015 Jul;136(1):e203-14. Epub 2015 Jun 8 doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3673. PMID: 26055853

Therapy

Wiegand S, Dietz A, Wichmann G
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Aug;279(8):3801-3810. Epub 2022 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07378-8. PMID: 35526176Free PMC Article
Gorostidi F, Glasson N, Salati V, Sandu K
J Oral Pathol Med 2022 Nov;51(10):888-896. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1111/jop.13297. PMID: 35347777Free PMC Article
Maruani A, Tavernier E, Boccara O, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Leducq S, Bessis D, Guibaud L, Vabres P, Carmignac V, Mallet S, Barbarot S, Chiaverini C, Droitcourt C, Bursztejn AC, Lengellé C, Woillard JB, Herbreteau D, Le Touze A, Joly A, Léauté-Labrèze C, Powell J, Bourgoin H, Gissot V, Giraudeau B, Morel B
JAMA Dermatol 2021 Nov 1;157(11):1289-1298. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3459. PMID: 34524406Free PMC Article
Johnson AB, Richter GT
Tech Vasc Interv Radiol 2019 Dec;22(4):100635. Epub 2019 Sep 25 doi: 10.1016/j.tvir.2019.100635. PMID: 31864534
Lally SE
Curr Opin Ophthalmol 2016 Sep;27(5):413-5. doi: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000291. PMID: 27219273

Prognosis

Dorrity J, Mack J, Wong K, Richter GT
J Oral Pathol Med 2022 Nov;51(10):860-871. Epub 2022 Jul 25 doi: 10.1111/jop.13322. PMID: 35674677
Johnson AB, Richter GT
Clin Perinatol 2018 Dec;45(4):737-749. Epub 2018 Sep 18 doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2018.07.010. PMID: 30396415
Foley LS, Kulungowski AM
Adv Pediatr 2015 Aug;62(1):227-55. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2015.04.009. PMID: 26205116
Hoff SR, Rastatter JC, Richter GT
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2015 Feb;48(1):29-45. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2014.09.004. PMID: 25439548
Sanger C, Wong L, Wood J, David LR, Argenta LC
J Craniofac Surg 2011 Jul;22(4):1271-4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31821c6cf1. PMID: 21772195

Clinical prediction guides

Sheppard SE, March ME, Seiler C, Matsuoka LS, Kim SE, Kao C, Rubin AI, Battig MR, Khalek N, Schindewolf E, O'Connor N, Pinto E, Priestley JR, Sanders VR, Niazi R, Ganguly A, Hou C, Slater D, Frieden IJ, Huynh T, Shieh JT, Krantz ID, Guerrero JC, Surrey LF, Biko DM, Laje P, Castelo-Soccio L, Nakano TA, Snyder K, Smith CL, Li D, Dori Y, Hakonarson H
JCI Insight 2023 May 8;8(9) doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.155888. PMID: 37154160Free PMC Article
Wang H, Zhou J, Lin W, Xie C, Yang W, Guo Z
Pediatr Dermatol 2023 Mar;40(2):265-269. Epub 2022 Nov 29 doi: 10.1111/pde.15202. PMID: 36444750
Maruani A, Tavernier E, Boccara O, Mazereeuw-Hautier J, Leducq S, Bessis D, Guibaud L, Vabres P, Carmignac V, Mallet S, Barbarot S, Chiaverini C, Droitcourt C, Bursztejn AC, Lengellé C, Woillard JB, Herbreteau D, Le Touze A, Joly A, Léauté-Labrèze C, Powell J, Bourgoin H, Gissot V, Giraudeau B, Morel B
JAMA Dermatol 2021 Nov 1;157(11):1289-1298. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3459. PMID: 34524406Free PMC Article
Kulungowski AM, Patel M
Semin Pediatr Surg 2020 Oct;29(5):150971. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2020.150971. PMID: 33069296
Defnet AM, Bagrodia N, Hernandez SL, Gwilliam N, Kandel JJ
Pediatr Surg Int 2016 May;32(5):425-33. Epub 2016 Jan 27 doi: 10.1007/s00383-016-3867-4. PMID: 26815877

Recent systematic reviews

Kamhieh Y, Mitra R, Burnett T, Jones H, Roblin G, Hall A
Laryngoscope 2024 May;134(5):2038-2047. Epub 2023 Oct 9 doi: 10.1002/lary.31091. PMID: 37812168
Saibene AM, Rosso C, Felisati G, Pignataro L, Schindler A, Ghilardi G, Colletti G, Gaffuri M, Mozzanica F
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2023 Aug;280(8):3529-3540. Epub 2023 Apr 28 doi: 10.1007/s00405-023-07991-1. PMID: 37115326Free PMC Article
Wiegand S, Dietz A, Wichmann G
Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022 Aug;279(8):3801-3810. Epub 2022 May 8 doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07378-8. PMID: 35526176Free PMC Article
Banzic I, Brankovic M, Maksimović Ž, Davidović L, Marković M, Rančić Z
Phlebology 2017 Jul;32(6):371-383. Epub 2016 Aug 9 doi: 10.1177/0268355516664212. PMID: 27511883
Adams MT, Saltzman B, Perkins JA
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012 Oct;147(4):627-39. Epub 2012 Jul 11 doi: 10.1177/0194599812453552. PMID: 22785242

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