Diagnosaurus
Unilateral edema
DDx
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Venous insufficiency
- Baker’s cyst (rupture or obstruction of popliteal vein)
- Cellulitis
- Trauma
- Lymphatic obstruction, eg, obstruction by pelvic tumor
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Tumor or fibrosis obstructing iliac vein
- May-Thurner syndrome (left iliac vein compressed by right common iliac artery)
- Loiasis (Loa loa infection)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Unilateral Edema." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114556/all/Unilateral_edema.
Zeiger RFR. Unilateral edema. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114556/all/Unilateral_edema. Accessed May 15, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Unilateral edema. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114556/all/Unilateral_edema
Zeiger RFR. Unilateral Edema [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 15]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114556/all/Unilateral_edema.
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