Somos 300 milhões, 5% da população sobre de uma doença rara.
O linfedema primário é uma das doenças raras e dentro dele "ainda há mais raridades":
Lymphedema (ORPHA79383)
Congenital Lymphedema
– Milroy syndrome (ORPHA79452)
Late onset lymphedema
– Meige syndrome (ORPHA90186)
– Lymphedema distichiasis syndrome (ORPHA33001)
– Emberger syndrome (ORPHA3226)
Lymphedema with systemic involvement
– Hennekam syndrome (ORPHA2136)
– PIEZO1 related lymphatic dysplasia
– Generalised lymphatic dysplasia
– Multi-systemic lymphedema with systemic involvement
Syndromes associated with lymphedema
– Noonan/CFC syndrome (RASOpathies) (ORPHA648)
– Turner syndrome (ORPHA881)
– 22q13 microdeletion (ORPHA48652)