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In a prospective cohort of 83 women diagnosed with lipedema using clinical criteria, lipedema was classified by clinical stage (most often stage 1, 39.8%) and type (most often type III, hips to ankles, 74.7%), and lymphoscintigraphic abnormality grade showed no significant association with clinical stage (p=0.142), type (p=0.505), Stemmer's sign (p=0.506), age, or BMI.

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Structured evidence, machine-compiled — not a verdict.

Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31

Evidence over time

Hallazgos linfogammagráficos en pacientes con lipedema — Forner-Cordero et al. (2018) ✓ verified — contextual · cohort · 2018 · reading confidence: moderate
“Diagnosis is currently based on clinical criteria, since there is no accurate diagnostic imaging for the condition.”
The article applies clinical stage and type classification systems to a lipedema cohort and reports their lack of association with lymphoscintigraphic severity, providing contextual data on the classification systems used, though its primar

Populationwomen with lipedema (n=83)

Conditionlipedema

Exposurelymphoscintigraphic abnormality grade

Comparatorclinical stage, type, Stemmer's sign, age, BMI

Outcomeassociation between lymphoscintigraphy and clinical features

Scopeauto-ingested from Layer 1 surveillance

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