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Lipedema
Principles and Practice of Diagnosis and Treatment
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Table of Contents
I Lipedema definition and diagnosis
1 What is Lipedema? Moving Towards a Widely Accepted Definition
Sandro Michelini, José Luis Simarro
2 Addressing Lipedema: Challenges to the Primary Care Physician
Matthew Carmody
II Genetics of lipedema
3 Genome-wide Association Studies of the Lipedema Phenotype
Sara Dobbins, Pia Ostergaard, Alan Pittman
4 Genetic Analysis of Non-syndromic Primary Lipedema
Sandro Michelini
5 Interrogating Genes and the Gene Signaling Networks Implicated in Patients
with Lipedema: What We Know and Where We are Headed
Ramin Shayan, Tara Karnezis
III Lipedema differential diagnosis and co-morbidities
6 Lymphedema
Kristiana Gordon
7 Obesity
Rachel Huynh, Tracey McLaughlin
8 The Challenge of Weight Stigma in Recognizing Lipedema
Joanna Dudek
9 Common Lipedema Co-morbidities
Angelika Chachaj, Andrzej Szuba
IV Imaging
10 Conventional Imaging Modalities to Evaluate Lipedema
Juan Vázquez Díez, Luz M. Herrero Manley, Isabel Forner Cordero
11 Novel Approaches to Lipedema Diagnosis through Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Rachelle Crescenzi, Shannon Taylor, Michael Pridmore, Vanessa Crain, Allison O’Brien Scott, Sara Al-Ghadban
V Summary of conservative treatment methodologies
12 Complete Decongestive Therapy in Lipedema
Franz-Josef Schingale
13 Complementary Therapies in Lipedema
Pinar Borman, Ayca Utkan Karasu
14 Nutritional Management of Lipedema
Gabriele Faerber
15 A Holistic Approach to Diagnosis, Care, and Treatment
Matthew Carmody, Siobhan Huggins
VI Surgical options for lipedema
16 Surgical Treatment Pathways for Lipedema
Ramin Shayan, Tara Karnezis
17 Alternative and Supplementary Surgical Approaches to Lipedema
Corrado Cesare Campisi, Michele Maruccia, Zoe-Theodora Kolonelos
VII Self-care and resources: tools and support
18 Self-care Strategies for Lipedema
Kate Forster
19 Resources for Managing Lipedema: Empowerment for Every Stage of the Journey
Catherine Seo, Leslyn Keith
VIII A look to the future
20 Lipedema Diagnosis and Management: The Next Chapter
Stanley G Rockson
