title: Leg pain and gynecologic malignancy.
abstract: Gynecologic malignancies affect more than 83 000 women in the United States, each year. Because the disease involves the pelvis, many patients have side effects distal to this area in their lower extremities. The differential diagnosis of leg pain can be divided into vascular, neurologic, and musculoskeletal causes. In this review article, we address numerous etiologies of leg pain, reviewing the prevalence of disease, physical examination findings, diagnostic as well as treatment modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Lilly
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Erin E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology