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Varicose Veins
varicosis: in a healthy vein the valves allow blood to travel toward heart (A) while keeping blood from flowing back away from heart (B); valves in varicose veins (C) no longer function properly, thus allowing blood to travel back toward extremities, (D) photograph of leg with varicose veins
varicosis: in a healthy vein the valves allow blood to travel toward heart (A) while keeping blood from flowing back away from heart (B);...
Acute stasis dermatitis. This patient has the earliest signs of stasis dermatitis—pruritus, erythema, scale (eczematous dermatitis), and slight distal hyperpigmentation. From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to Common Skin Disorders: Diagnosis and Management, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Acute stasis dermatitis. This patient has the earliest signs of stasis dermatitis—pruritus, erythema, scale (eczematous dermatitis), and sl...
Stasis dermatitis with venous stasis ulcer. Note the eczematous eruption, the nonpitting edema (“woody” fibrosis) surrounding the ulcer (lipodermosclerosis). From Goodheart HP. Goodheart's Photoguide to Common Skin Disorders: Diagnosis and Management, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.
Stasis dermatitis with venous stasis ulcer. Note the eczematous eruption, the nonpitting edema (“woody” fibrosis) surrounding the ulcer (li...