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The (Mostly) Complete Guide to Lymphatic Anatomy Part 1: Why We Need Lymphatic Imaging and a Synopsis of What We Have Learned From it So Far

The (Mostly) Complete Guide to Lymphatic Anatomy Part 1: Why We Need Lymphatic Imaging and a Synopsis of What We Have Learned From it So Far

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 10, 2022 | Guide to the Lymphatic System

Caroline E. Fife, MD Mary Ellen McEvoy, RN, MSN, MPH The lymphatic system is sometimes called the “other” circulatory system. Like the blood vascular system, it consists of a network of vessels which move fluid, and it develops embryologically alongside the blood...
The (Mostly) Complete Guide to Lymphatic Anatomy Part 1: Why We Need Lymphatic Imaging and a Synopsis of What We Have Learned From it So Far

The (Mostly) Complete Guide to Lymphatic Anatomy: A Free Synopsis of Everything We Know Now

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 9, 2022 | Guide to the Lymphatic System

Introduction In 1990, I started a Wound Center at the Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Houston Medical Center while working on the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. Not long after the doors opened, I began receiving phone calls from...
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