Trends of Research on Lymphedema in Korea: Diagnosis

Choi, Joon Young

doi:10.67326/cll.2021.6.1.4

Clin. Lymphology Lymphedema 2021; 6(1):4-8

pISSN: 2508-190X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.67326/cll.2021.6.1.4

REVIEW ARTICLE

림프부종 진단 영역의 최근 국내 연구 동향

최준영 ¹ ^, ^*

Trends of Research on Lymphedema in Korea: Diagnosis

Joon Young Choi ¹ ^, ^*

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¹성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 핵의학과

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

^*Corresponding Author : Joon Young Choi, MD, PhD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea, Tel: +82-2-3410-2648, Fax: +82-2-3410-2639, E-mail: jynm.choi@samsung.com

ⓒ Copyright 2021 Korean Society of Lymphology and Lymphedema. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Apr 30, 2021; Accepted: May 10, 2021

Published Online: May 31, 2021

Abatract

Since Korean Research Council of Lymphedema was established in 2004, clinical research for lymphedema has been actively performed in Korea. Especially, the Korean Research Council of Lymphedema was changed into the Korean Society of Lymphedema in 2010, which contributed to the further development in clinical research for lymphedema. For the diagnosis of lymphedema, several clinical or imaging methods including the bioelectrical impedance analysis, X-ray lymphography, X-ray CT, MR lymphangiography, lymphoscitigraphy, whole body blood pool scan, ultrasound and indocyanine green florescence lymphography has been used. In this review, the trends of research on lymphedema diagnosis in Korea are described.

Keywords: Lymphedema; Korean Society of Lymphedema; Clinical diagnosis; Imaging diagnosis