Cases from the aerospace medicine residents' teaching file. Case #55. Symmetrical peripheral edema in a 33-year-old Army aviator.
Initial presentation, evaluation, differential diagnosis, and aeromedical disposition of a 33-year-old aviator with tropical sprue is discussed. This unusual case was unique in that the applicable flight regulations do not address tropical sprue.
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USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX.
D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D013182:Sprue, Tropical / Q000150:complications*