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brawny edema [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Brawny: thick or hard, as brawny edema.

CONT

When edema of the legs has been present for a long time in walking patients, the subcutaneous tissues and the skin become fibrotic, so they no longer pit on pressure; this is sometimes called brawny edema (i.e., musclelike).

OBS

A seldom used term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

Un œdème persistant des membres inférieurs entraîne, chez un malade qui marche, une fibrose du tissu sous-cutané et de la peau, ils ne prennent plus alors le godet. On qualifie parfois ce type d'œdème de dur.

Spanish

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