Tissue Sodium Content is Elevated in the Skin and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue in Women with Lipedema.

Rachelle L CrescenziAdriana MartonPaula M C DonahueHelen B MahanySarah K LantsPing WangJoshua A BeckmanManus J DonahueJens Titze

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2017)

Internal metrics of tissue sodium and adipose content are elevated in patients with lipedema, potentially providing objective imaging-based biomarkers for differentially diagnosing the under-recognized condition of lipedema from obesity.

Keyphrases

adipose tissue
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
high fat diet
high resolution
type diabetes
weight loss
high fat diet induced
soft tissue
weight gain
skeletal muscle
wound healing
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy