SCR-LIP-000084 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →
3D ultrasound (17 MHz) identified specific structural features in lipedema patients (stages I-III) including adipose lobule hypertrophy, fibrotic connective septa, thickened superficial fascia, and fluid anechogenicity along the superficial fascia not previously detected by 2D ultrasound.
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- Lipedema: Usefulness of 3D Ultrasound Diagnostics — Cestari (2023) — supporting · case series · 2023
The study is a case series of 40 patients without a healthy control group or blinded assessment, limiting diagnostic validity conclusions, but it directly addresses ultrasound as a diagnostic tool for lipedema and reports specific imaging f
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