title: Acute lipodermatosclerosis in a pendulous abdomen.
abstract: A 54-year-old female developed tender, hot, erythematous skin at the apex of a large pendulous abdomen at the same time as she became symptomatic with congestive cardiac failure secondary to respiratory failure. Clinically and histologically the changes in the abdominal-wall skin resembled lipodermatosclerosis, a condition normally seen in the legs secondary to chronic venous insufficiency.
authors: Department of Dermatology, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors: R H
authors: RH
authors: Bull
authors: P S
authors: PS
authors: Mortimer
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles; D000208:Acute Disease; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008068:Lipomatosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications*; D012594:Scleroderma, Localized / Q000209:etiology*