TY - JOUR
T1 - Idiopathic edema in a male
AU - Weinberger, I.
AU - Fuchs, J.
AU - Rotenberg, Z.
AU - Erdberg, A.
AU - Agmon, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Dr. Smith Shadomy from the Medical College of Virginia for his assistance in the measurement of serum and synovial fluid amphotericin levels. This paper was supported in part by U.S.P.H. grant AI16621.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A 15-year-old boy who suffered from leg edema of unknown origin is described. The exclusion of any other cause for the edema, the clinical features, and the results of the dynamic tests performed suggested the diagnosis of 'idiopathic edema', a syndrome described previously in women only. Spironolactone therapy brought about the disappearance of the edema and enabled the patient to return to his normal activities. This case report suggests that 'idiopathic edema' is a syndrome common to both sexes and is therefore not related to estrogen disturbances.
AB - A 15-year-old boy who suffered from leg edema of unknown origin is described. The exclusion of any other cause for the edema, the clinical features, and the results of the dynamic tests performed suggested the diagnosis of 'idiopathic edema', a syndrome described previously in women only. Spironolactone therapy brought about the disappearance of the edema and enabled the patient to return to his normal activities. This case report suggests that 'idiopathic edema' is a syndrome common to both sexes and is therefore not related to estrogen disturbances.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-198407000-00006
DO - 10.1097/00000441-198407000-00006
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AN - SCOPUS:0021232331
VL - 288
SP - 27
EP - 31
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
SN - 0002-9629
IS - 1
ER -