Diagnosaurus
Lower extremity edema
DDx
Cardiovascular
- Congestive heart failure (CHF) (right-sided)
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericarditis
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Tricuspid stenosis
- Pulmonic stenosis
- Cor pulmonale
- Venous insufficiency (most common)
- Venous obstruction
- Cirrhosis
- Low albumin (nephrotic syndrome, malnutrition, protein-losing enteropathy)
- Cellulitis
- Premenstrual fluid retention
- Drugs (vasodilators, eg, calcium channel blockers, salt-retaining medications, eg, NSAIDs, thiazolidinediones)
- Musculoskeletal (Baker’s cyst, gastrocnemius tear, compartment syndrome)
- Lymphatic obstruction
- Preeclampsia-eclampsia
- Myxedema
- Lymphatic filariasis
- Eosinophilic fasciitis
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Lower Extremity Edema." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114555/all/Lower_extremity_edema.
Zeiger RFR. Lower extremity edema. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114555/all/Lower_extremity_edema. Accessed April 24, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Lower extremity edema. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114555/all/Lower_extremity_edema
Zeiger RFR. Lower Extremity Edema [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 April 24]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114555/all/Lower_extremity_edema.
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