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Lymphatic Malformation

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Lymphedema

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Lymphatic malformation is the most common form of congenital vascular malformation and may exist alone or with other vascular malformations, e.g. lymphovenous malformations (1)–(4).

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Lee, B.B. (2008). Lymphatic Malformation. In: Lymphedema. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-793-0_4

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