Milroy's disease is a congenital familial primary lymphoedema which results from vertical autosomal inheritance of a single gene. Typically, it presents as asymmetric swelling of the legs.
It is a rare disease accounting for about 2% of primary lymphoedemas. Men and women are equally affected.
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