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In breast cancer-related lymphedema, MRI with threshold-based level set segmentation differentiated and quantified fat tissue versus lymph fluid, detecting postoperative reductions in fat (median 52.6%, p=0.0163) and fluid (median 66%, p=0.094) while muscle and bone volumes remained constant.

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

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• DOI:10.1089/lrb.2016.0047 — supporting · case series · 2018
  The article demonstrates that MRI segmentation can distinguish fat from fluid in lymphedema patients, supporting MRI's capacity to differentiate tissue compartments relevant to the question, though it does not directly compare lipedema vers

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• Can MRI, lymphoscintigraphy, or DXA differentiate lipedema from lymphedema and other fat distributions? supporting

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• 2026-05-31 — created · auto-ingested for SQ-LIP-000023

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