Anasarca
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| ICD-10 | R60.1 |
| ICD-9 | 782.3 |
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Anasarca (or "extreme generalized edema") is a medical symptom characterized by widespread swelling of the skin due to effusion of fluid into the extracellular space.
A good mnemonic for anasarka is: Anasarka is like a parka, all over.
It is usually caused by either congestive cardiac failure, liver failure (cirrhosis of the liver) or renal failure/disease.
It can also be created from the administration of exogenous intravenous fluid.
Certain plant-derived anticancer chemotherapeutic agents, such as docetaxel, cause anasarca through a poorly understood capillary leak syndrome.
This symptom is also called leucophlegmatia.
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
