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Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 416421, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/416421
Complex Decongestive Physiotherapy Treats Skin Changes like Hyperkeratosis Caused by Lymphedema
School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14280 Bolu, Turkey
Received 28 February 2012; Accepted 22 April 2012
Academic Editors: M. Jinnin and J. T. Lear
Copyright © 2012 Hande Kaba et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Lymphedema is a chronic, progressive, and often debilitating condition. Primary lymphedema is a lymphatic malformation developing during the later stage of lymph angiogenesis. Secondary lymphedema is the result of obstruction or disruption of the lymphatic system, which can occur as a consequence of tumors, surgery, trauma, infection, inflammation, and radiation therapy. Here, we report a 64-year-old woman presenting with hyperkeratosis, a lymphedema due to metastatic uterus carcinoma. In this paper, we present the effects of complex decongestive physiotherapy on lymphedema and hyperkeratosis.