OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEEP LYMPHATIC CIRCULATION OF THE LIMBS AND ON ITS FUNCTION (THE DEEP LYMPHATIC VESSELS IN THE POST-PHLEBITIC SYNDROME OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES)
Abstract
In 60% of patients with post-phlebitic syndrome
lymphography of the lower extremity shows involvement
of the deep system. In 77% of the patients
there was increase in the number and caliber of the
deep lymphatic vessels. They frequently appear
elongated, tortuous, and ectatic but usually do nQt
show signs of insufficiency. It appears as if these
vessels act as collaterals and compensate for difficiencies
of the deep venous circulation. Multiple
lympholymphatic and lymphovenous communications
have been observed.