A venous stasis ulcer occurs in the lower legs, usually between the knee and ankle. They can cause pain and swelling and require treatment from a medical professional. Venous stasis ulcers are a ...

It can result from conditions that affect blood flow in the legs, such as chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins, and congestive heart failure. An ulcer on the leg may be a sign of stasis ...

Venous insufficiency is a problem with the flow of blood from the veins of the legs back to the heart. It's also called chronic venous insufficiency or chronic venous stasis. Your veins bring blood ...

Based on the classic thickened and brownish discolored appearance of the leg it was apparent almost immediately that the leg ulcer and history of bleeding was secondary to venous insufficiency.

"Venous ulcers, or stasis ulcers, account for 80 percent of lower extremity ulcerations," write Lauren Collins, MD, and Samina Seraj, MD, from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia ...

The ulcer has a clean bed of granulation and is surrounded by hyperpigmented skin. Pedal pulses are easily palpable. How should she be evaluated and treated? Chronic venous insufficiency is ...

Experts estimate that more than 60% of all leg ulcers are of the venous subtype. These develop from weakened skin due to enlarged veins or injuries to the leg. Stasis dermatitis (venous eczema), a ...

Allergic contact dermatitis A woman develops severe itching and burning two days after application of topical bacitracin and a compression bandage to a venous stasis ulcer. A 74-year-old woman was ...

THE pathogenesis of chronic stasis ulcer of the leg is not well understood. It is generally accepted that an important factor is excessive venous pressure in the leg. In strong support of this ...

In the final stages of stasis dermatitis, your skin breaks down and an ulcer, or sore ... condition called venous insufficiency. Venous insufficiency occurs when your veins have trouble sending ...