ABSTRACT
A 72-year-old man presented with a two-week history of exertional dyspnea and nonclaudicatory pain and swelling in the right lower leg. Elevating the leg for short periods had not helped. The symptoms had begun soon after he took a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug for right shoulder pain but persisted after he stopped taking the drug. His history included two-pillow orthopnea, but that had not worsened in the last year. He had not experienced chest discomfort.
Subject(s)
Hypergammaglobulinemia/diagnosis , Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy/diagnosis , Leg , Lymphedema/etiology , Aged , Biopsy , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Hypergammaglobulinemia/pathology , Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy/pathology , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Lymphedema/pathology , MaleABSTRACT
A 61-year-old former postal worker presented with progressive pain in his lower back, weakness in his right leg, and numbness in his left foot. In recent weeks, he had dragged his right leg in order to walk. He had also had intermittent diarrhea and dysuria but no hematuria or weight loss.
