Synonym(s)
late-onset; lymphedema; Lymphedema; lymphedema late-onset; lymphedema praecox familial; Maladie de Meige; Meige's disease; Meige\'s disease; Meige syndrome; Trophodema; Trophodema type Meige; Type Meige
HistoryThis section has been translated automatically.
Meige, 1889
DefinitionThis section has been translated automatically.
Genetically determined primary lymphedema corresponding to lymphedema, type Nonne-Milroy with further associated symptoms and later manifestation
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EtiopathogenesisThis section has been translated automatically.
Unknown.
ManifestationThis section has been translated automatically.
Puberty. Women are affected twice as often as men.
Clinical featuresThis section has been translated automatically.
- According to the lymphedema, type Nonne-Milroy, s. there.
- In addition: short stature, mental retardation, hypogenitalism, ptosis of the eyelids, recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis, obesity in the area of the breeches; rarely additional infestation of the genitals, upper extremities, face, larynx and pleura (effusions).
- Congenital anomalies: partial membranous syndactylia of the toes, distichiasis (double row of eyelashes); myopia; ptosis; yellow nails; extradural cysts and/or vertebral anomalies; cerebrovascular malformations; sensoneural hearing loss; cleft palate. Bronchiectasis.
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Figueroa AA, Pruzansky S, Rollnick BR (1983) Meige disease (familial lymphedema praecox) and cleft palate: report of a family and review of the literature. Cleft palate J 20: 151-157
- Meige H (1898) Dystrophy oedematose hereditaire. La presse médicale (Paris) 6: 341-343
- Meige H (1889) Le trophoedème chronique héréditaire. Nouv iconogr Salpêtrière, Paris, 12: 453-480
- Ho WL et al (2003) Radiological features of late-onset lymphoedema in Noonan's syndrome. Pediatric radiol 33: 200-202
- Samlaska CP (2002) Congenital lymphedema and distichiasis. Pediatric Dermatol 19: 139-141
- Tammer ME et al (2002) Surgical therapy of scrotal edema in elephantiasis congenita hereditaria (Meige type). Urologist A 41: 493-495
- Wheeler ES et al (1981) Familial lymphedema praecox: Meige's disease. Plast Reconst Surgery 67: 362-364
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Lung diseases, skin changes; Lymphatic malformations; Lymphedema, late-onset; Lymphedema praecox, familial; Lymphedema, type nonne-milroy; Maladie de meige; Meige\'s disease; Meige syndrome; Trophodema; Trophodema, type meige;Disclaimer
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