PHLEBOLYMPHEDEMA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 58-year-old morbidly obese woman presents for a second opinion regarding leg swelling. She describes bilateral lower extremity swelling and discoloration that has progressed over…
RAYNAUD PHENOMENON
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 21-year-old Caucasian woman with no past medical history presents with 9 months of painful color changes of her fingers upon cold exposure. She has…
THROMBOANGIITIS OBLITERANS (BUERGER DISEASE)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 38-year-old male smoker presented with a 1-year history of left-calf discomfort during ambulation and a 3-month history of progressive bluish discoloration of the toes….
PSEUDO-KAPOSI SARCOMA (ACROANGIODERMATITIS)
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 54-year-old man with a history of Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) presented with unilateral left lower extremity painless skin lesions that had been increasing in size…
PRETIBIAL MYXEDEMA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 63-year-old woman presents for evaluation of unsightly erythematous-brown plaques on her anterior shins. The lesions appeared approximately 6 months ago and are occasionally itchy….
BEHÇET SYNDROME
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 38-year-old Middle Eastern man presented to the emergency department complaining of sudden onset of chest pain associated with hemoptysis. Physical examination was notable for…
LIPOLYMPHEDEMA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 44-year-old Caucasian woman with type I diabetes presented with massive localized lymphedema (MLL), a phenotype of lymphedema. She had been overweight most of her…
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LYMPHEDEMA
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen An 18-year-old woman seeks an opinion about swelling in her right leg. She first noticed it 1 year ago when her pants seemed to be…
LOWER EXTREMITY CELLULITIS
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 42-year-old man with morbid obesity, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, and venous insufficiency presented with fever, pain, and swelling of his left lower extremity…
LEG SWELLING SECONDARY TO MUSCLE RUPTURE
PATIENT STORY Print Section Listen A 67-year-old man presented with spontaneous left-calf pain and swelling of 2-days duration. Four weeks prior, he had undergone percutaneous angioplasty of the left anterior…
