Acroangiodermatitis or pseudokaposi syndrome refers to a form of stasis dermatitis with an exhuberant overgrowth of vessels that can sometimes mimic Kaposi sarcoma. It usually presents in the distal portions of the dorsal feet, but lacks the spindle cells present in KS.103 In SD the epidermis ...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook stasis (redirected fromvenous stasis) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia sta·sis (stā′sĭs, stăs′ĭs) n.pl.sta·ses(stā′sēz, stăs′ēz) 1.A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness:"...
Stasis dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease of the lower extremities. It typically occurs in older individuals and is the cutaneous manifestation of venous hypertension caused by venous reflux. Such retrograde venous blood flow is the result of incompetent venous valves, valve destruction,...
Venous stasis dermatitis (also called venouseczemaor stasis dermatitis) happens when a problem with your veins, usually in your lower legs, keeps blood from moving through very well. As more fluid and pressure build, some of the blood leaks out of your veins and into your skin. Medical treat...
Different conditions that can influence blood stream in the legs and feet and lead to balance dermatitis include: DVT, which is a blood coagulation in the lower leg, varicose veins, or expanded and, swollen veins, injury to the lower leg, any medical procedure that influences the veins in ...
An exercise device for the feet and legs, where the device has foot plates for exercising a supine person's feet; calf squeezers for compressing the calf muscles when the feet are exercised; and a support structure holding the foot plates in a vertical position and the calf squeezers in a...
Share on Facebook stasis (redirected fromvenostasis) Thesaurus Medical Encyclopedia Related to venostasis:Venous stasis ulcer,venous stasis dermatitis sta·sis (stā′sĭs, stăs′ĭs) n.pl.sta·ses(stā′sēz, stăs′ēz) 1.A condition of balance among various forces; motionlessness:"Langu...