The present invention relates to a circular knit fabric for use in compression therapy of lymphedemas, having a surface with a patterned structure with protuberances (1) which, when in contact with the body part to be treated with compression therapy, exert pressure on the surface of the body part and which, when the body part moves, produce a massaging effect. To create such a circular knit fabric that is comfortable to the wearer and that, when worn, exerts a sufficiently high compressive pressure on the body part to be treated and, at the same time, improves lymph drainage, the invention proposes that the structured surface have a regular pattern in the form of chambers (2) that are bounded by protuberances (1), with the chambers (2a, 2b, 2c) that are adjacent to each other being connected to each other by means of connecting channels (3) in the longitudinal direction (L) of the circular knit fabric.