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High-resolution histopathology and transmission electron microscopy of lipedema adipose tissue (normal-BMI, stages 1-2) showed CD68+ macrophage infiltration increased exclusively in affected areas (similar to obesity but in normal-weight patients), along with endothelial/pericyte hyperproliferation (Ki-67+), severe endothelial barrier degeneration, calcium crystal and collagen (fibrosis) accumulation, and adipocyte cytoplasmic projections into the capillary lumen, indicating vascular and adipocyte pathology independent of obesity.
Created: 2026-05-31 · Last updated: 2026-05-31
Auto-compiled by the Layer 1 surveillance loop; not yet human-reviewed. anthropic/claude-opus-4.8 · 2026-05-31
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- DOI:10.1002/oby.24281 — supporting · review · 2025
This is a commentary/review contextualizing histopathological findings (Michelini et al.) that describe inflammatory (CD68+ macrophages) and vascular/endothelial dysfunction mechanisms in lipedema tissue, directly bearing on the question ab
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- 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000011