title: [Lymphedema].
abstract: This paper report a CME course about lymphedema of upper and lower limbs. The anatomy and physiology of lymphatic system, the different forms of lymphatic insufficiency and the clinical characters of the lymphatic edema, primary and secondary lymphedemas, complications of lymphedema, treatment and prevention are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division d'angiologie et d'hémostase, HUG, Genève. francois.becker@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000502:physiology; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*