Lipoedema Assessment: a Downloadable Tool & Review of the Literature

Lipoedema assessment tool checklist for clinical diagnosis

Introduction Despite increasing clinical recognition, lipoedema remains unusual among chronic diseases because no validated diagnostic biomarker or definitive imaging test exists. Lipoedema assessment continues to rely on pattern recognition and exclusion of differential diagnoses, which contributes to variation in reported prevalence and differences in clinical interpretation (1–3). Attempts to establish objective diagnostic markers for lipoedema, […]