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In a case series of 189 women undergoing lipedema reduction surgery, varicose veins were present in 48.6% and spider veins (telangiectasias) in 24.5% as documented comorbidities, alongside joint hypermobility (50.5%) and arthritis (29.1%).

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

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• DOI:10.1097/gox.0000000000005436 — supporting · case series · 2023
  The article reports crude prevalence of varicose veins (48.6%) and spider veins (24.5%) as comorbidities in a lipedema surgical cohort, bearing on the lipedema-venous disease relationship; however, this is unadjusted prevalence without comp

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• How does lipedema relate to varicose veins and venous disease? supporting

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000018

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