title: Pressure of lymphatic capillaries in human skin.
abstract: The network of lymphatic capillaries of the human skin was depicted at the distal part of the tibial plateau by fluorescence microlymphography (fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran 150,000). Intralymphatic pressure was determined in 28 lymphatic capillaries of 21 healthy volunteers (mean diameter 56.0 +/- 10.0 microns) by a servo-nulling pressure system. It averaged 4.0 +/- 4.5 mmHg (range: -6.8 to +10.7 mmHg). These are the first measurements of pressure in the initial lymphatics of human skin and form a basis with which to compare measurements made in patients with different forms of edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vesti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shore
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Franzeck
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollinger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena