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Leg swelling may involve one both legs, and can occur with general edema
Differential Diagnosis of Causes of Leg swelling
Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of Leg swelling
(By organ system)
| Cardiovascular | Arteriovenous Fistula , Cardiomyopathy, Chronic Venous insufficiency , Constrictive pericarditis, Cor pulmonale, Ischemia , Kawasaki disease, Kawasaki syndrome, left ventricular failure, May-Thurner syndrome, Mitral Stenosis , Phlebitis, Phlebothrombosis , Phlegmasia cerulea dolens, Postischemic , Post-thrombotic syndrome, Systemic vasculitis , Thrombophlebitis , Thrombosis in the vena cava , Uncompensated hypertension , Varicosis , Venous insufficiency |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Allergic Reaction, Allergy, Bee sting |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
(In alphabetical order) [1] [2]
Bilateral
- Allergic reaction
- Ascites
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Cor pulmonale
- Drugs
- Erysipelas
- Exudative enteropathy
- Filariasis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Edema proteinuria hypertension (EPH) gestosis
- Elephantiasis
- Heat
- Hereditary lymphedema
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperhydration
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic edema
- Ischemic leg edemas
- Left ventricular failure
- Liver disease with synthesis disorder or portal vein stasis
- Malabsorption
- Malnutrition
- Mitral Stenosis
- Myxedema
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Orthostatic
- Pernicious anemia
- Premenstrual
- Renal failure
- Systemic vasculitis
- Thrombophlebitis
- Thrombosis in the vena cava
- Tumor in the area of the hypogastrium
- Uncompensated hypertension
- Varicosis
Unilateral
- After radiation therapy
- Angioneurotic edema
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Baker's cyst
- Cellulitis
- Compartment syndrome
- Elephantiasis due to filariae
- Erysipelas
- Hereditary lymphedema
- Insect bites
- Ischemia
- Local trauma
- Myorrhexis
- Neoplastic
- Phlebothrombosis
- Post-thrombotic syndrome
- Postischemic
- Postoperative
- Posttraumatic
- Secondary lymphatic blockage
- Sudeck's atrophy
- Thrombophlebitis
- Tumor compression
- Varicosis
- Venous insufficiency
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