Author: Glossary
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High-altitude pulmonary edema
Pulmonary edema that may occur in aviators, mountain climbers, or anyone exposed to decreased atmospheric pressure.
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Dependent edema
Edema or swelling of the lower extremities or, if the patient is lying down, of the sacrum.
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Cardiac edema
Accumulation of fluid due to congestive heart failure. It is most apparent in the dependent portion of the body and/or the lungs. Edema that arises in cases of heart failure, caused by elevated pressure in the veins. This swelling is most pronounced in the body’s lower regions, like the lower limbs and the lower back,…
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Edema bullosum vesicae
A form of edema affecting the bladder.
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Brain edema
Swelling of the brain. It may be caused by a variety of conditions, including increased permeability of brain capillary endothelial cells, focal strokes or other lesions, swelling of brain cells associated with hypoxia or water intoxication, trauma to the skull, and interstitial edema resulting from obstructive hydrocephalus.
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Eczematous
Marked by or resembling eczema.
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Vaccinatum eczema
The spreading of vaccinia virus to localized areas of skin, or to the entire body, in patients recently vaccinated against smallpox. This reaction is a rare complication of smallpox vaccination, occurring in about 40 per million of newly vaccinated individuals. It usually occurs in people with pre-existing eczema and is occasionally fatal.
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Seborrheic eczema
Eczema marked by excessive secretion from the sebaceous glands.
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Pustular eczema
Follicular, impetiginous, or consecutive eczema including eczema rubrum (red, glazed surface with little oozing), eczema madidans (raw, red, and covered with moisture), eczema fissum (thick, dry, inelastic skin with cracks and fissures), and squamous eczema (chronic on soles, legs, scalp; multiple circumscribed, infiltrated patches with thin, dry scales).
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Nummular eczema
Eczema with coin shaped or oval lesions. It is often associated with dry skin and worsens in dry weather.