Name
EDEMA , LEG
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
CAUSES : 1. TRAUMA - SPRAINS , BURN , FROSTBITE , FRACTURE , STINGS , BITES ETC - SUDEKS ATROPHY OR ALGODYSTROPHY 2. INFLAMMATION - BOIL - CATBUNCLE - ERYSIPELAS - AC. OSTEOMYELITIS - CHR OSTEOMYELITIS - AC ARTHRITIS - GOUT - AC RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS - RUPTURED BAKERS CYST 3. VENOUS OBSTRUCTION - DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS - VARICOSE VEINS 4. LYMPHATIC OBSTRUCTION - FILARIASIS - NEOPLASTIC INFILTRATION OF LYMPHATICS - SCARRING FROM TRAUMA , SURGICAL OR OTHERWISE OR FROM RADIATION - RECURRENT STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION - LYMPHATIC HYPOPLASIA ( RARE ) WHICH CAN BE CONGENITAL OR A FAMILIAL FORM CALLED MILROYS DISEAASEOTHER TESTS : * VENOGRAPHY FOR DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS * LYMPHANGIOGRAM TO SEE THE PATENCY OF THE LYMPHATICS
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
PERIPHERAL VESSELS DOPPLER, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CT SCAN