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Sciatic Neuropathy
Lower Extremity Pain
Patients with SN typically present with lower extremity pain and paresthesias. … Consequently, symptoms such as pain, paresthesias, and neurological deficits can develop.[1]
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Meralgia Paresthetica
Lower Extremity Pain
For lower pain levels, treatment may involve having the patient:
Seek appropriate physical therapy, such as stretching and massage, which plays a large role in the management … The rest of the lower limb examination (motor and tendon reflexes) is normal. … The diagnosis can be made clinically if the distribution and presentation are classic with absence of other neurologic abnormalities of the lower leg.[2]
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Femoral Neuropathy
Lower Extremity Pain
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Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens
Unilateral Edema of the Lower Extremity
Lower Extremity Pain
Discoloration of the Lower Extremity
Patients usually present with edema of the extremity, continuous pain and blanching of the skin. … It cannot be employed with acutely ill patients, unstable patients and in those who are in extreme pain because of motion artifacts. … The pain characteristic of phlegmasia cerulea dolens is severe,constant, begins at the femoral triangle and subsequently radiates to the whole extremity.[4]
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Spinal Epidural Abscess
Lower Extremity Pain
SEA most frequently develops in the thoracic and lumbar spine, and the two principal complaints are nonspecific back pain and fever. … A spinal epidural abscess is a potentially life-threatening bacterial infection of the epidural space, due to its insidious onset and nonspecific symptoms of fever, back pain … The role of the physical examination must be emphasized, as percussion of the back may reveal local tenderness and pain, which can be an important clue in making a presumptive … [6]
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Schmid Metaphyseal Chondrodysplasia
Lower Extremity Pain
Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasia is a type of chondrodysplasia associated with a deficiency of collagen, type X, alpha 1.
Unlike other "rickets syndromes", affected individuals have normal serum calcium, phosphorus, and urinary amino acid levels. Long bones are short and curved, with widened growth plates and…[7]
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Spinal Epidural Hematoma
Lower Extremity Pain
Symptoms include acute onset of sharp back pain or neck pain and radicular pain. … Pain is worsened by coughing, sneezing or percussion over the area. … Spinal epidural hematoma (SEH) is an uncommon condition usually characterized by acute back pain.[8]
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Peripheral Neuropathy
Lower Extremity Pain
Mononeuritis multiplex also may cause pain, which is characterized as deep, aching pain that is worse at night and frequently in the lower back, hip, or leg. … in the lower legs and feet. … It was also reported that skin IL-6 and IL-10 gene expression was increased in patients compared to control groups (p < 0.05), and IL-10 expression was higher in lower leg … [9]
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Carcinoma of the Prostate
Lower Extremity Pain
cord compression (paraplegia), vascular obstruction (lymphedema, pain in the lower extremities, deep vein thrombosis), ureteral obstruction (uremia), as well as sciatica … In the locally invasive stage, the illness causes incontinence, nocturia, hematuria, hematospermia, painful ejaculation, suprapubic and perineal pain, impotence, rectal tenesmus … When the disease is not clinically silent, patients complain about a weak urine stream, hesitancy, incontinence, hematuria, back pain or urine retention.[11]
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Juxtacortical Osteosarcoma
Lower Extremity Pain