[Primary lymphedema].

Characterized by an aplasia, hypoplasia or dysplasia of the lymphatic network, the primary lymphedema takes part of rare diseases. If 10 % of cases are congenital, the majority of them are detected before 35 years, most of the time due to an intercurrent event suh as a sprain or an infection. Although rarer, some primaries lymphedemas are family forms such the syndromes of Milroy and Meige. The primary lymphedema can also be a part of more complex malformative diseases such as Klinefelter, Turner or Noonan syndromes. If the lymphatic drainage associated with the elastic contention remains the basis care of lymphedema, we have to identify these patients as well as their family, sometimes requiring multidisciplinary cares.