LYMPHEDEMA OF THE EXTREMITIES: ETIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT; REPORT OF 300 CASES
Authors: Edgar V. Allen, Ralph K. Ghormley
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1935)

Article1 November 1935LYMPHEDEMA OF THE EXTREMITIES: ETIOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT; REPORT OF 300 CASESEDGAR V. ALLEN, M.D., F.A.C.P., RALPH K. GHORMLEY, M.D.EDGAR V. ALLEN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RALPH K. GHORMLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-9-5-516 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptGeneral information about lymphedema tends to be somewhat confused and vague. This situation is largely the result of the relative rarity of the condition; of an inadequate knowledge of its etiology, bacteriology, and pathology, and of the lack of a comprehensive classification. Although it is impossible to rectify all these shortcomings, we feel that a presentation of the pertinent data from the records of 300 cases observed at The Mayo Clinic in the previous 10 years offers an opportunity to fill some of the gaps in knowledge. To this end, we are describing the condition, offering a clinical classification, and...Bibliography1. ALLEN EV: Lymphedema of the extremities; classification, etiology, and differential diagnosis: a study of three hundred cases, Arch. Int. Med., 1934, liv, 606-624. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BARKER NW: Personal communication to the authors. Google Scholar3. BARTELS P: Das Lymphgefässsystem, 1909, Gustav Fischer, Jena, 280 pp. Google Scholar4. DRINKERFIELD CKME: Lymphatics, lymph and tissue fluid, 1933, The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 254 pp. Google Scholar5. FUNAOKA S: Der Mechanismus der Lymphbewegung, Arb. a. d. dritten Abt. d. anat. Inst. d. kaiserl. Univ. Kyoto (ser. D), 1930, i, 1-10. Google Scholar6. 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