Hyperostosis "thick legs" is reported in a case involving 7 of a litter of 11 purebred Landrace piglets. The 12 limbs involved showed variable degrees of thickening and immobility; tension and fixation of the skin. Necropsy revealed extensive fibrous connective tissue, enlargement and edema of associated lymph nodes and hypoplasia of muscle groups. Radiographs revealed osteodystrophia along the shafts of long bones. The case is compared to previous reports of infantile cortical hyperostosis in children and "thick legs" in pigs.
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Internist (Berl)
June 2021
Medizinische Klinik & Poliklinik für Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Liebigstr. 20, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland.
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges
March 2013
Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University of Bochum, Germany.
Due to its increased presence in the press and on television, the diagnosis of lipedema is on the way to becoming a trendy diagnosis for those with thick legs. Despite this, one must recognize that lipedema is a very rare disease. It is characterized by disproportional obesity of the extremities, especially in the region of the hip and the legs, hematoma development after minimal trauma, and increased pressure-induced or spontaneous pain.
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