Lymphatic Education
& Research Network

Above image: IGC lymphography (left) and tracing photo (right). IGC found that her arm drained to the neck instead of to the original armpit.

A guest blog post by Louise Koelmeyer. This is a 10-minute read.

In a previous article I wrote with Dr. Hiroo Suami, Mapping the Lymphatics and

A guest blog post by Michael P.

Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an extremely rare condition that usually affects kids. Well, it’s the condition that I have. I am Michael P. age 11.

This all started when I was just 5, turning 6 years old.

I did not want to eat, my bones hurt, and I

Patients with Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly (GLA) or Gorham-Stout Disease (GSD) develop ectopic lymphatics in bone and gradually lose bone. The process by which lymphatics invade bone is poorly understood.

On Thursday, June 18, at 12 noon ET (11am CT, 10am MT, 9am PT), Dr. Michael T.

A guest blog post by Pattie Cornute, and video interview featuring Brenda Viola. This is a 5-minute read.

I’d never even heard of lipedema before I was diagnosed with it in 2007. I guess you could say Google is a girl’s best friend because it helped solve the mystery of lipedema for me.

But

Image by Daniel Reche from Pixabay.

A guest blog post by Dr. Karen Herbst, M.D., Ph.D. This article starts with a basic review of lipedema, then explores how patients can treat the condition at home during a pandemic. It is a 7-minute read. 

Approximately 11% of the female population has

pictured above: Indocyanine green lymphography (ICG) device (Photodynamic Eye, Hamamatsu Photonics K.K, Japan). A small compact device can visualise the lymphatics with tracer injection.

A guest blog post by Dr. Hiroo Suami and Louise Koelmeyer. This is a 12-minute read.

Are you familiar

Learn more about this new treatment protocol for lymphedema management. To attend, just visit this url at the event time: https://livestream.com/lymphaticrf/smith.

Robyn “Redd” Smith, M.Ed., COTA/L, CLWT, CLT is an Occupational Therapy practitioner, a Certified Lymphedema and Wound Therapist

Join LE&RN on Tuesday, April 7, at 1pm (12 noon CST, 11am MST, 10am PST), for this free online Symposium, "Managing LE Under COVID-19 Stay-At-Home Orders." Just join us at this link at the time of the event:

https://livestream.com/lymphaticrf/shillue

This presentation is part of LE&RN'S

A guest blog post by Ryan Cliche, Executive Director, American Society of Breast Surgeons Foundation.

A recent publication of the interim analysis from a multisite randomized controlled trial led by Vanderbilt University School of Nursing demonstrated results consistent with recent findings