A rare case of sarcoidosis with bilateral leg lymphedema as an initial symptom

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 318, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 413-414

  Tomoda, Fumihiro ^a   Yoshitaka, Oda ^a   Takata, Masanobu ^a   Futamura, Akihiro ^a   Fujii, Nozomu ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a   Kitagawa, Masanobu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphedema; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LEG; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHEDEMA; MALE; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0343091355     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40666-4     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Schirger A, Harrison EG Jr, Janes JM. Idiopathic lymphedema: review of 131 cases. JAMA 1962;182:14-22.
2. Smith RD, Spittell JR Jr, Schirger A. Secondary lymphedema of the leg: its characteristics and diagnostic implications. JAMA 1963;185:80-2.
3. Kiely PDW, Joseph AEA, Mortimer PS, et al. Upper limb lymphedema associated with polyarthritis of rheumatoid type. J Rheumatol 1994;21:1043-5.
4. Samtsov AV. Cutaneous sarcoidosis. Int J Dermatol 1992; 31:385-91.
5. Silver HM, Tsangaris NT, Eaton OM. Lymphedema and lymphography in sarcoidosis. Arch Intern Med 1966;117:712-14.
6. Nathan MPR, Pinsker R, Chase PH, et al. Sarcoidosis presenting as lymphedema. Arch Dermatol 1974;109:543-4.
7. Mühlemann MF, Walker NPJ, Tan LB, et al. Elephantine sarcoidosis as ulcerating lymphedema. J R Soc Med 1985;78: 260-1.
8. Sweeney T, Ramsby G, Keohane M. Edema of the lower extremities secondary to obstructive sarcoidosis. Angiology 1980;31:69-71.