SCR-LIP-000005 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →

In women undergoing venous ultrasound, dermal/subcutaneous thickness measurements at the pre-tibial region, anterior thigh and lateral leg can distinguish clinically diagnosed lipedema from non-lipedema in the lower limbs.

Emerging diagnostic Evidence certainty: low (GRADE)

Evidence over time

DOI:10.1177/02683555211002340 — supporting · cross sectional · n=89 · 2021 · risk of bias: moderate
two blinded examiners; ROC cutoffs; pre-tibial best discriminator

Populationadult women undergoing venous ultrasound

Conditionlipedema

Exposureultrasound thickness measurement

Comparatorclinical diagnosis (reference)

Outcomediscrimination lipedema vs non-lipedema

Scopelower limbs, single-center Brazil

Single-center convenience sample; cutoffs not externally validated.