Swollen face

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Facial edema: Gross natural color jaundice due to terminal alcoholic cirrhosis with shock and typical facial appearance of edema due to generalized capillary permeability increase or shock.
Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

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Differential Diagnosis

In alphabetical order. ^{[1] [2]}

• Acromegaly
• Allergic reaction
• Alveolar abscess
• Anaphylaxis
• Angioneurotic edema
• Anthrax
• Boils
• Bronchial carcinoma
• C1 inhibitor deficiency
• Carbuncle
• Cardiac oedema
• Carotico-cavernous fistula
• Cavernous sinus thrombosis
• Chronic kidney disease
• Cushing's syndrome
• Dental abscess
• Dental caries
• Dental infection
• Dermatitis seborrheica
• Dermatomyositis
• Dermoid cyst
• Diabetic neuropathy
• Drug allergy
• Drug eruption
• Edema
• Erysipelas
• Exophthalmus
• Eye swelling
• Facial burn
• Facial trauma
• Fibroma
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hemangioma
• Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Hyperthyroidism
• Hypoalbuminemia
• Hypothyroidism
• Insect bite allergy
• Lipoma
• Lung abscess
• Measles
• Mediastinal neoplasm
• Meningocele
• Mumps
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Neurofibroma
• Obesity
• Orbital cellulitis
• Parkinsonism
• Perioorbital cellulitis
• Pertussis
• Pituitary insufficiency
• Preeclampsia
• Primary syphilitic sore
• Protein deficiency edema
• Quincke's Edema
• Retrosternal goiter
• Rodent ulcer
• Sebaceous cyst
• Sinusitis
• Subcutaneous emphysema
• Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
• Swollen cheek
• Swollen parotid glands
• Telangiectasia
• Tooth inflammation
• Trichinosis
• Urticaria
• Vaccinia

References

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .