Edema is the accumulation of excess fluid in any body tissue, cavity or organ, except the bone, causing swelling. The disease’s major causes are heart or kidney failure, low blood serum protein after ...

In generalized edema, fluid collects in the interstitial tissues, either because more fluid is being secreted or because removal of the fluid is failing. The effects of gravity mean the swelling is ...

Facial swelling may appear as a small swelling affecting a part of the face, or a generalized swelling of the face. Facial swelling is one of the symptoms that rarely go unnoticed. It may be localized ...

The etiology and pathogenesis of massive localized lymphedema is unclear but might be multifactorial. In the original paper of Farshid and Weiss, lymphatic obstruction due to massive adipose tissue ...