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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)

E Tosatti, G Accarpio, C Campisi

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.


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