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Lower Limb Pain Clinical Picture
NMS Diagnosis
18
Health Care
Professional
04/22/2013

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Term
Acute onset of pallor, pallor, paresthesia, absent peripheral pulses
Definition
Arterial embolism
Term
Young male smoker, intermittent claudication, pain eases with rest
Definition
Buerger’s disease
Term
Bowel or bladder control problems, saddle anesthesia
Definition
Cauda equina syndrome
Term
Red, hot, swollen, painful lower limb with sharp borders
Definition
Cellulitis
Term
Intermittent claudication relieved by bending forwards
Definition
Central canal stenosis
Term
Pain, swelling and paresthesia in leg after injury
Definition
Compartment syndrome
Term
Burning pain, swollen foot, abnormal sweating after trivial injury
Definition
Complex Regional Pain Synd.
Term
Painful swollen leg after immobilization or injury to leg
Definition
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Term
Burning pain in patient with chronic polyuria, polydypsia, polyphagia
Definition
Diabetic neuropathy
Term
Pain and paresthesia along medial aspect of leg
Definition
Gonalgia paresthetica
Term
Pain and paresthesia along anterolateral aspect of thigh
Definition
Meralgia paresthetica
Term
Warm, painful swollen area above or below the knee and fever
Definition
Osteomyelitis
Term
Intermittent claudication with decreased peripheral pulses
Definition
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Term
Pain in buttock radiating into back of leg, +Bonnet, Pace or Freiberg
Definition
Piriformis Syndrome
Term
Tenderness in the calf after sport injury; + Homan
Definition
Ruptured plantaris tendon
Term
Thigh or leg pain worse with a SLR test
Definition
Sciatica
Term
Anterolateral pain worse with activity, tender tibialis anterior origin
Definition
Shin splints
Term
Young black child with jaundice and/or splenomegaly
Definition
Sickle Cell Anemia
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