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In a cross-sectional online survey, lipedema patients more frequently reported hypermobility (44% in adulthood, ~60% in childhood), joint pain, and multisystem symptoms than lymphedema patients, and the authors note lipedema remains underdiagnosed and should be reconceptualized as a systemic connective tissue disorder.

Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31

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• DOI:10.3390/jcm14207195 — context · cross sectional · 2025
  The article explicitly states lipedema remains underdiagnosed, providing context relevant to the question, but its primary aim concerns pathophysiological overlap with HSD rather than evaluating a screening tool; the instrument was a non-va

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• Is lipedema underdiagnosed, and can screening tools help identify it? context

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000004

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