CLT LANA EXAM PREP
Stage 1 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fat
Swelling resolves with rest/elevation
Stage 2 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Peau' d' orange
Easy bruising
Less resolution w/ rest and elevation
Stage 3 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fibrosclerosis- hard connective tissue
LARGE mass of skin
Swelling doesn't recede
Stage 4 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fibrosclerosis/Elephantitis
LARGER Masses of skin overhang
LIPO-LYMPHEDEMA (becomes lymphedema at this stage)
Columnar pants - correct answer ✔column like swelling with lipedema
Harem pants (pantaloons) - correct answer ✔like princess Jazmine pants in
Aladin lipedema
jodhpurs (riding breeches) - correct answer ✔big hips and smaller calfs
lipedema
Lymphedema Stage 0 AKA - correct answer ✔Subclinical or Latent Stage
,Lymphedema Stage 0 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-No swelling
-Reduced TC and functional reserve
-Normal tissue consistency but US can reveal changes
-May have heaviness, achiness, warmth (Transient symptoms)
-Education/prevention
Lymphedema Stage 1 AKA - correct answer ✔Reversible Stage
Lymphedema Stage 1 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-Pitting edema that
goes down w/ elevation or treatment
heavy, aching, fatigued
-Puffy
Goal-reduce edema
- negative or borderline stemmer sign
Lymphedema Stage 2 AKA - correct answer ✔Spontaneously Irreversible
Stage
Lymphedema Stage 2 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-FIBROSIS
-Hard, lumpy, thickened, sludgy tissue
-Non-pitting.
-Edema that can be partially reduced or is irreversible
-Prone to infections
Lymphedema Stage 3 AKA - correct answer ✔Elephantiasis or
Sclerotic Lymphedema
, Lymphedema Stage 3 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-SECONDARY
SKIN CHANGES
-Trigger is infection/cellulitis
-Skin folds/distorted shapes
-Severe skin changes- papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis, lichenification,
hyperpigmentation
Initial Lymphatics AKA - correct answer ✔Lymph Plexus
initial lymph collectors
initial lymph vessels
Initial Lymphatics Characterisitics - correct answer ✔LOCATED: Just under
epitheal layer of epidermis and in the subendothelial lining of mucous
membranes
-LARGER THAN BCs
-PICK UP LLs
-Irregular lumen with a discontinuous basement membrane of a single layer of
flat oak leaf in shape LECs
PRE-COLLECTORS - correct answer ✔-FOUND in- superficial portions of
the dermis & end at the collectors in the subcutaneous tissue
-CONNECT initial lymphatics to collectors
-Has some smooth muscle and some valves
-Has some open junctions
Stage 1 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fat
Swelling resolves with rest/elevation
Stage 2 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Peau' d' orange
Easy bruising
Less resolution w/ rest and elevation
Stage 3 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fibrosclerosis- hard connective tissue
LARGE mass of skin
Swelling doesn't recede
Stage 4 Lipedema - correct answer ✔Fibrosclerosis/Elephantitis
LARGER Masses of skin overhang
LIPO-LYMPHEDEMA (becomes lymphedema at this stage)
Columnar pants - correct answer ✔column like swelling with lipedema
Harem pants (pantaloons) - correct answer ✔like princess Jazmine pants in
Aladin lipedema
jodhpurs (riding breeches) - correct answer ✔big hips and smaller calfs
lipedema
Lymphedema Stage 0 AKA - correct answer ✔Subclinical or Latent Stage
,Lymphedema Stage 0 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-No swelling
-Reduced TC and functional reserve
-Normal tissue consistency but US can reveal changes
-May have heaviness, achiness, warmth (Transient symptoms)
-Education/prevention
Lymphedema Stage 1 AKA - correct answer ✔Reversible Stage
Lymphedema Stage 1 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-Pitting edema that
goes down w/ elevation or treatment
heavy, aching, fatigued
-Puffy
Goal-reduce edema
- negative or borderline stemmer sign
Lymphedema Stage 2 AKA - correct answer ✔Spontaneously Irreversible
Stage
Lymphedema Stage 2 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-FIBROSIS
-Hard, lumpy, thickened, sludgy tissue
-Non-pitting.
-Edema that can be partially reduced or is irreversible
-Prone to infections
Lymphedema Stage 3 AKA - correct answer ✔Elephantiasis or
Sclerotic Lymphedema
, Lymphedema Stage 3 Characteristics - correct answer ✔-SECONDARY
SKIN CHANGES
-Trigger is infection/cellulitis
-Skin folds/distorted shapes
-Severe skin changes- papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis, lichenification,
hyperpigmentation
Initial Lymphatics AKA - correct answer ✔Lymph Plexus
initial lymph collectors
initial lymph vessels
Initial Lymphatics Characterisitics - correct answer ✔LOCATED: Just under
epitheal layer of epidermis and in the subendothelial lining of mucous
membranes
-LARGER THAN BCs
-PICK UP LLs
-Irregular lumen with a discontinuous basement membrane of a single layer of
flat oak leaf in shape LECs
PRE-COLLECTORS - correct answer ✔-FOUND in- superficial portions of
the dermis & end at the collectors in the subcutaneous tissue
-CONNECT initial lymphatics to collectors
-Has some smooth muscle and some valves
-Has some open junctions
