| Autor: |
Rubiño JBG; Földiklinik GmbH & Co. KG, Hinterzarten, Germany.; Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, CTS-1071 Research Group, Malaga, Spain.; Rehabilitation Clinical Management Unit, Interlevels-Intercenters Hospital Punta Europa, Algeciras, A.G.S. Campo de Gibraltar Oeste, 11201 Algeciras, Cadiz, Spain., Witt S; Földiklinik GmbH & Co. KG, Hinterzarten, Germany., Martín-Valero R; Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, CTS-1071 Research Group, Malaga, Spain., Viñolo-Gil MJ; Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain.; Rehabilitation Clinical Management Unit, Interlevels-Intercenters Hospital Puerta del Mar, Hospital Puerto Real, Cadiz Bay-La Janda Health District, 11006 Cadiz, Spain.; Research Unit, Department Biomedical Research and Innovation Institute of Cadiz (INiBICA), Puerta del Mar University Hospital, University of Cadiz, 11009 Cadiz, Spain., Dieterle T; Földiklinik GmbH & Co. KG, Hinterzarten, Germany.; Department of Clinical Research, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.; Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Switzerland. |
| Abstrakt: |
Primary lymphoedema, axillary web syndrome (AWS) and yellow nail syndrome may be related. Mr B is a 66-year-old gentleman with genital lymphoedema and lymphoedema of all four extremities. In 2023, he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and also underwent cardiac surgery. In November 2023, he completed an inpatient rehabilitation at the Földi clinic in Germany, where he received intensive treatment for his lymphoedema and was also diagnosed with bilateral AWS. The presence of AWS in a patient with primary lymphoedema and no history of axillary surgery is unique. Although AWS typically presents after axillary surgery, this case highlights that it can also occur in patients without lymph node surgery. While the precise cause of this presentation of AWS is not known, it may be connected to yellow nail syndrome or potentially the recent chemotherapy treatment. This article will describe the clinical case, highlighting the need for further research on AWS present in primary lymphoedema. |
