Also in the cases of coma with anasarca, either the acute, subacute or chronic form the blood pressure is not raised as a rule. |
A 51 year-old man with a history of presumed alcoholic cirrhosis presented to the emergency department with anasarca. |
If so, why shall we regard anasarca, ending in ascites, as a general disease? |
Physical examination was remarkable for massive anasarca, with edema prominent up to his chest. |
The external autopsy examination revealed anasarca with ascites, jaundice, diffuse petechiae and purpura, and a presacral decubitus ulcer. |
In anasarca the swelling is nonsensitive, while sensitive in the acute swelling of farcy. |