Leg swelling

Leg swelling may involve one both legs, and can occur with general edema

Differential Diagnosis of Causes of
In alphabetical order.

Bilateral

 * Allergic reaction
 * Ascites
 * Cardiomyopathy
 * Chronic venous insufficiency
 * Constrictive pericarditis
 * Cor pulmonale
 * Drugs
 * Erysipelas
 * Exudative enteropathy
 * Filariasis
 * Glomerulonephritis
 * Edema proteinuria hypertension (EPH) gestosis
 * Elephantiasis
 * Heat
 * Hereditary lymphedema
 * Hyperaldosteronism
 * Hyperhydration
 * Hyperthyroidism
 * Hypothyroidism
 * Idiopathic edema
 * Ischemic leg edemas
 * Left ventricular failure
 * Liver disease with synthesis disorder or portal vein stasis
 * Malabsorption
 * Malnutrition
 * Mitral Stenosis
 * Myxedema
 * Nephrotic Syndrome
 * Orthostatic
 * Pernicious anemia
 * Premenstrual
 * Renal failure
 * Systemic vasculitis
 * Thrombophlebitis
 * Thrombosis in the vena cava
 * Tumor in the area of the hypogastrium
 * Uncompensated hypertension
 * Varicosis

Unilateral

 * After radiation therapy
 * Angioneurotic edema
 * Arteriovenous Fistula
 * Baker's cyst
 * Cellulitis
 * Compartment syndrome
 * Elephantiasis due to filariae
 * Erysipelas
 * Hereditary lymphedema
 * Insect bites
 * Ischemia
 * Local trauma
 * Myorrhexis
 * Neoplastic
 * Phlebothrombosis
 * Post-thrombotic syndrome
 * Postischemic
 * Postoperative
 * Posttraumatic
 * Secondary lymphatic blockage
 * Sudeck's atrophy
 * Thrombophlebitis
 * Tumor compression
 * Varicosis
 * Venous insufficiency