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Charcot's edema
Associated persons:
Jean-Martin Charcot
Description:
A local and very painful edema with a bluish appearance of the extremities, seen in hysterical paralysis. The term is now of historical interest only.
Bibliography:
- G. Guinon:
L’oedème bleu des hystériques. Progrés médical, Paris, 1890; 12: 259.
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