(n.) Dropsy of the subcutaneous cellular tissue; an effusion of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.
Example Sentences:
(1) He was subsequently admitted to our hospital because of anasarca on January 31, 1986, and was diagnosed as having aplastic anemia.
(2) Two patients presenting with anasarca were found to have aggressive B-cell lymphoma.
(3) All chicks had anasarca and 15 had mild, generalised, acute degenerative changes in the complexus and pelvic limb muscles.
(4) Observed malformations included, but were not limited to cleft palate,micrognathia, anasarca, cardiovascular malformations, and tial anomalies.
(5) This article describes a case in which PG F-2-alpha was injected into the nuchal cysts of a fetus with cystic hygroma, edema anasarca, and oligohydramnios.
(6) A 33-year-old woman presented with chronic diarrhea, vomiting and anasarca due to systemic lupus erythematosus with protein-losing enteropathy, interstitial cystitis and glomerulonephritis.
(7) One child had anasarca and heart decompensation at birth.
(8) A 46-year-old woman previously diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus presented with severe hypoalbuminemia and anasarca.
(10) Frequent association of congestive heart failure or anasarca with mild to moderate fibrinofibrous pericarditis was noted.
(11) There are numerous genetic diseases influencing reproduction and periparturient care in dogs including such disorders as anasarca, cleft palate, swimmers, congenital heart disease, and the various conditions that cause excessive bleeding.
(12) Eight months previously he had noted the onset of pretibial edema, which had progressed to anasarca.
(13) Four infants had noninfectious intractable diarrhea, vomiting, anasarca, hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, and malnutrition within the first 3 months of life.
(14) Other macroscopic findings included icterus, anaemia, ascites, hydrothorax, hydropericardium, anasarca, pulmonary oedema, gastro-enterorrhagia and nephrosis.
(15) The patient remained afebrile, normotensive, and without signs of localized infection or anasarca.
(16) Hemodialysis was initiated to control severe anasarca and declining renal function.
(17) The first case presented with bilateral pulmonary cystic involvement associated with oligoamnios and feto-placental anasarca.
(18) We report the neuropathological findings in a series of 38 fetuses and neonates with anasarca of various origin.
(19) Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) occurred in a patient with hemolytic anemia and anasarca.
(20) Other tests eliminated other causes for the anasarca.
Edema
Definition:
(n.) Same as oedema.
Example Sentences:
(1) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
(2) Furthermore echography revealed a collateral subperiosteal edema and a moderate thickening of extraocular muscles and bone periostitis, a massive swelling of muscles and bone defects in subperiosteal abscesses as well as encapsulated abscesses of the orbit and a concomitant retrobulbar neuritis in orbital cellulitis.
(3) Regression curves indicate that although all three types of pulmonary edema can be characterized by slightly different slopes, the differences are statistically insignificant.
(4) Diphenoxylate-induced hypoxia was the major problem and was associated with slow or fast respirations, hypotonia or rigidity, cardiac arrest, and in 3 cases cerebral edema and death.
(5) On HRCT, sequential changes from early edema to development of emphysema were noted.
(6) The purpose of our study was to determine the effect of HVPC on edema formation in frogs.
(7) Combined SEM and TEM examination of the endothelium of compressed segments revealed "craters" and "balloons", blebs and vacuoles, swollen mitochondria, dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum, and subendothelial edema.
(8) Light microscopy of both apneics and snorers revealed mucous gland hypertrophy with ductal dilation and focal squamous metaplasia, disruption of muscle bundles by infiltrating mucous glands, focal atrophy of muscle fibers, and extensive edema of the lamina propria with vascular dilation.
(9) The vasodilator effect of both calcium antagonists was responsible for side effects, of which the most common were flushing, edema, headache, and palpitations.
(10) Studies were conducted in isolated, buffer-perfused rat lungs to determine if prostaglandin (PG) E1 attenuated pulmonary edema provoked by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
(11) The development of pulmonary edema in high-altitude residents with upper respiratory infections and no antecedent low-altitude journey is consistent with the presence of other factors such as inflammation, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the edema.
(12) After 40 minutes of coronary occlusion and 20 minutes of reflow, significant cardiac weight gain occurred in association with characteristic alterations in the ischemic region, including widespread interstitial edema and focal vascular congestion and hemorrhage and swelling of cardiac muscle cells.
(13) That is cystoid macular edema is associated with incomplete PVD with vitreous contraction.
(14) Cerebral edema is a serious complication of the encephalopathy in fulminant hepatic failure.
(15) Using the middle cerebral artery occlusion model in cats, we evaluated the possible role of the cyclooxygenase pathway in alterations of local cerebral blood flow and the development of cortical edema following prolonged ischemia or recirculation.
(16) Edemas were found in 0.8% and 17% of patients during six-week treatment with moxonidine and clonidine, respectively (P = .001).
(17) To determine if monokines might play a pathogenic role in this model, the present study evaluated the effects of a murine monokine preparation enriched in IL-1 bioactivity on selected events characterizing the early pneumotoxic response to monocrotaline, including pulmonary edema and protein extravasation, pulmonary vascular hyperreactivity, and enhanced lung tissue activity of the rate-limiting enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC).
(18) Edema formation was assessed by continuously monitoring the weight of the lung perfused at constant pressure.
(19) The purpose of this study was to determine if aspirin, in doses that elevate plasma salicylate concentrations to values reported in patients with salicylate-induced pulmonary edema, produce pulmonary vasoconstriction in a canine, isolated perfused left lower lung lobe (LLL) preparation.
(20) In these patients, the duration of chest pain was relatively longer, and the incidences of diabetes mellitus, emergency coronary revascularization and multiple-vessel coronary artery disease were higher than in those without pulmonary edema.