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.
Claim at a glance
- Type
- diagnostic
- Knowledge state
- Emerging
- Evidence certainty
- low (GRADE)
- Evidence
- 1 source(s) · by Amato
- Answers
- 1 question(s)
- Dates
- 2026-05-30 → 2026-05-30
Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.
Evidence over time
Evidence (1)
- Ultrasound criteria for lipedema diagnosis — Amato et al. (2021) ✓ verified — consistent · cross sectional · n=89 · 2021 · risk of bias: moderate · reading confidence: high
two blinded examiners; ROC cutoffs; pre-tibial best discriminator
Context (PECO)
Answers these questions
Gaps & caveats
Single-center convenience sample; cutoffs not externally validated.
Change log
- 2026-05-30 — created