Idiopathic cyclic edema is a type of generalized edema that mainly affects women. Diagnosis is made by the patient's clinical history and an evaluation of the accumulation of weight during the day. The objective of this study is to report the clinical control of lymphedema associated with idiopathic cyclic edema using calcium dobesilate. A 55-year-old female patient reported generalized edema f...

Raquel D. C. C. Bandeira* Instituto de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, BR 465, km 7, 23890-000 Seropédica – RJ, Brasil / Diretoria de Metrologia Científica e Industrial, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia Normalização e Qualidade Industrial, Divisão de Metrologia Química, Distrito de Xerém, Av. Nossa Sra. das Graças, 50, 25250-020 Duque de Caxias – RJ, Brasil...

The objective of the current study was to assess whether Venosan elastic stockings have a synergistic effect on the maintenance of results after Mechanical Lymphatic Therapy. Eleven patients with grade II lymphedema of the legs, regardless of cause, were evaluated in the Clinica Godoy between September and November 2012. The participants' ages ranged from 53 to 83 years old with a mean of 65.1 ...

Coarazuphium caatinga sp. n. occurs in limestone caves located in Campo Formoso municipality, in the Brazilian Caatinga (Bahia, Brazil). The new species is close to C. formoso although they are morphologically distinct by the elytra sinuosity, which is more pronounced in C. caatinga; the aedeagus is more tapered at the tip in this last species. Important traits found in C. caatinga are the vari...