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REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE

WILLIAM L. ROST, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1927;34(5):773-778.

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Generalized edema associated with renal, cardiac and nutritional disease and with certain diseases of the blood is commonly recognized; the so-called angioneurotic edemas are also well known, but generalized edema not associated with any of the disorders mentioned is not so frequent and may even escape attention.

Constatt,¹ in 1856, classified certain forms of hydrops not readily explained on the basis of the then known etiologic factors, as a manifestation of pathologic changes of the skin.

Wernich² reported an interesting case in which a complete autopsy failed to reveal any pathologic change that might explain the cause of the edema.

In a comprehensive review, Wagner³ reported his observations in eight cases of generalized edema; six occurred in children ranging in age from 22 months to 12 years; three children recovered and three succumbed. The following symptoms occurred in his cases: The character of the onset of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Pediatric Service of the Mt. Sinai Hospital.

Footnotes
Received for publication, May 31, 1927.

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