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Milroy's diseaseClassification and external resources

ICD-10 Q82.0(http://apps.who.int/classifications/icd10/browse/2015/en#/Q82.0)

ICD-9-CM 757.0 (http://www.icd9data.com/getICD9Code.ashx?icd9=757.0)

OMIM 153100 (http://omim.org/entry/153100)

DiseasesDB 8228 (http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb8228.htm)

eMedicine med/1482 (http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1482.htm)

MeSH D008209 (https://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2015/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D008209)

GeneReviews Milroy Disease(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1239/)

Milroy's diseaseFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Milroy's disease is a familialdisease characterized bylymphedema, commonly in the legs,caused by congenital abnormalitiesin the lymphatic system. Disruptionof the normal drainage of lymphleads to fluid accumulation andhypertrophy of soft tissues.[1][2] It isalso known as Milroy disease,Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndromeand hereditary lymphedema.[3]

It was named by Sir William Oslerfor William Milroy, an Americanphysician, who described a case in1892, though it was first describedby Rudolf Virchow in 1863.[4][5]

Contents1 Description2 See also3 References4 External links

DescriptionThe most common presentation of Milroy Disease is bilateral lower extremity lymphedema, and may also beaccompanied by hydrocele.[6]

This disease is more common in women and an association with the gene FLT4 has been described.[7] FLT4codes for VEGFR-3, which is implicated in development of the lymphatic system.

See alsoList of cutaneous conditions

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References1. James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders

Elsevier. p. 849. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.2. David Lowell Strayer; Raphael Rubin (2007). Rubin's Pathology: Clinicopathologic Foundations of Medicine 5th

Edition. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 0-7817-9516-8.3. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-

4160-2999-0.4. synd/1326 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1326.html) at Who Named It?5. W. F. Milroy. An undescribed variety of herditary edema. New York Medical Journal, 1892, 56: 505-508.6. "Milroy Disease" (http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/milroy-disease). United States Library of Medicine. Retrieved March

2014.7. Spiegel R, Ghalamkarpour A, Daniel-Spiegel E, Vikkula M, Shalev SA (2006). "Wide clinical spectrum in a family with

hereditary lymphedema type I due to a novel missense mutation in VEGFR3". Journal of Human Genetics 51 (10): 846–50. doi:10.1007/s10038-006-0031-3 (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10038-006-0031-3). PMID 16924388(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16924388).

External linksGeneReview/NIH/UW entry on Milroy Disease (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1239/)

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