title: [A special case of swollen lower limb].
abstract: We report on a case of a 31-year-old patient suffering from long-standing peripheral edema with severe hypoalbuminemia, but without proteinuria. Differential diagnosis, diagnostic work-up and the therapeutic options in this unusual case are discussed. The general practitioner must keep in mind a broad range of causes when seeing every-day-patients with peripheral edema, although the correct etiology can be found easily in most cases.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Nephrologie und Hypertonie, Inselspital, Bern. olivier.bonny@insel.ch
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bonny
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Marti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005194:Family Practice; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D034141:Hypoalbuminemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007019:Hypoproteinemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D007866:Leg; D008201:Lymphangiectasis, Intestinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin