ETIOLOGIES OF EDEMA/ANASARCA

Increased hydrostatic pressure

     Congestive heart failure

     Renal failure

          Acute

          Chronic

     Constrictive pericarditis

     Pulmonary hypertension

     Hepatic cirrhosis

     Obstructive

          Venous

               Thrombosis

               External pressure

          Lymphatic

               Postsurgical

               Postirradiation

               Infectious

                    Filariasis

Reduced oncotic pressure (hypoproteinemia/ hypoalbuminemia)

     Hypoproteinemia secondary to increased protein loss

          Protein-losing glomerulonephropathies

               Nephrotic syndrome 

          Protein-losing gastroenteropathy

               Crohn's disease

               Lymphangiectasia

               Whipple's disease 

     Hypoproteinemia secondary to decreased protein synthesis

          Hepatic cirrhosis

          Malnutrition

     POEMS (polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M protein, skin changes) 

Other

     Hypothyroidism (myxedema)

     Hyperthyroidism (pretibial myxedema of Grave’s disease)

     Trichinosis

     Pregnancy

     Medication side effect

          Amlodipine

          Estrogen

          Nifedipine

          Prednisone

          Thiazolidinediones