Anasarca

Anasarca
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.

See also

• edema

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of anasarca (In alphabetical order)

• Acute renal failure
• Alcoholic liver disease
• Allergic reactions
• Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
• Angioedema
• Autoimmune hepatitis
• Burns
• Calcium channel blockers
• Capillary leak syndromes
• Cardiac tamponade
• Chronic hepatitis B
• Chronic hepatitis C
• Chronic kidney disease
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Cor pulmonale
• Diazoxide
• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Docetaxel
• Eclampsia
• Effusive-constrictive pericarditis
• Estrogens
• Fludrocortisone
• Glomerulonephritis

"*Haemolytic disease of the newborn"

• Heart failure
• Hepatic cirrhosis
• Hepatic venous obstruction
• Hereditary angioedema
• Hereditary hemochromatosis
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Hypoalbuminemia
• Hypoproteinaemia
• Hypothyroidism
• Idiopathic edem
• Increased capillary permeability
• Increased interstitial oncotic pressure
• Interleukin-2 therapy
• Kwashiorkor
• Lymphatic obstruction o
• Malignant ascites
• Malnutrition
• Minoxidil
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Nodal enlargement due to malignancy
• Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
• Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory
• Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
• POEMS syndrome
• Portal thrombosis
• Postmastectomy
• Pramipexole
• Pregnancy
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Protein loss
• Protein-losing enteropathy
• Reduced albumin synthesis
• Refeeding edema
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy
• Severe inflammation or sepsis  
• Sodium overload
• Thiazolidinediones
• Trauma
• Tricuspid stesosis
• Tropical sprue
• Venous obstruction
• Water overload
• Wilson's disease
• Yellow nail syndrome

Complete Differential Diagnosis of the Causes of anasarca

Cardiovascular	Cardiac tamponade , Constrictive pericarditis, Cor pulmonale, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Effusive-constrictive pericarditis, Heart failure, Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Restrictive cardiomyopathy, Tricuspid stesosis
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional / Metabolic	No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Opthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes