SCR-LIP-000113 · Claim · machine-readable JSON →
A 62-year-old male patient with lipedema stage IV underwent three sessions of tumescent liposuction (total ~8,000 mL aspirated) with significant volume reduction, symptom resolution, and no recurrence over 2.5 years of follow-up despite 20 kg weight gain, with no major complications reported.
Claim at a glance
- Type
- clinical association
- Knowledge state
- Emerging
- Evidence certainty
- very low (GRADE)
- Evidence
- 1 source(s)
- Answers
- 4 question(s)
- Dates
- 2026-05-31 → 2026-06-10
Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 · 2026-05-31
Evidence over time
Evidence (1)
- Lipedema in a male patient: report of a rare case - management and review of the literature — Bertlich M et al. (2021) ✓ verified — consistent · case report · 2021 · reading confidence: high
“Três sessões de lipoaspiração tumescente sem intercorrências; 8.000 ml de gordura removida no total Redução significativa de volume e circunferência da coxa em 4 meses pós-primeira sessão Ausência de recidiva após 2,5 anos de seguimento”
Single case report of an atypical (male) lipedema patient treated with tumescent liposuction; results support effectiveness and safety but evidence level is very low due to n=1 and absence of control or systematic outcome measures.
Context (PECO)
Answers these questions
- Is liposuction effective and safe for lipedema? consistent
- Does liposuction reduce pain in lipedema? consistent
- Does liposuction reduce limb volume in lipedema? consistent
- Does liposuction modify the disease course or cure lipedema? consistent
Gaps & caveats
Auto-ingested single source; not yet human-reviewed.
Change log
- 2026-05-31 — created
- 2026-06-10 — statement revised · R-AI-14 fabrication review: aspirate total ~9,000→~8,000 mL to match the figure stated in the source (the source's per-session values sum to 9,000 but it declares ~8,000 total).