title: [Massive localized lymphedema].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Massive localized lymphedema (MLL) is a benign soft-tissue lesion that usually presents as a large and isolated mass in morbidly obese adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 39-year-old woman presenting obesity and multiple MLL. There was a large tumor in the left groin and two smaller lesions on the backs of the thighs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MLL is a benign tumor that must be removed wherever possible because such tumors may degenerate into angiosarcomas in 13% of cases. MLL is probably secondary to a prolonged obstruction of lymphatic vessels due to marked excess of adipose tissue.
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Best
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomie pathologique, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dandurand
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marque
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France.
authors.forename: P-E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Stoebner
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie, hôpital Carémeau, CHRU de Nîmes, avenue du Pr-Robert-Debré, 30029 Nîmes, France. Electronic address: laurent.meunier@chu-nimes.fr.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meunier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Lymphatic edema; Lymphœdème; Obesity; Obésité; Sarcoma; Sarcome