Case Report: Uncontrolled Anasarca: Capillary Leak Syndrome

Authors

Ankita Mehta, MD, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow
Mansi Shah, MD, Jefferson Hospital Ambulatory Practice, Thomas Jefferson University HospitalFollow

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) is a rare clinical disease that causes edema, hypoproteinemia, episodic hypotension, dyspnea, hyponatremia, and weight gain that can be life threatening1. Although the underlying pathology is currently unknown, CLS is thought to be secondary to a systemic process associated with hyperpermeability of the body's microcirculation, resulting from a diffuse and severe disruption of the endothelium and causing generalized edema and often acute respiratory distress2.

Recommended Citation

Mehta, MD, Ankita and Shah, MD, Mansi (2016) "Case Report: Uncontrolled Anasarca: Capillary Leak Syndrome," The Medicine Forum: Vol. 17, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29046/TMF.017.1.009
Available at: https://jdc.jefferson.edu/tmf/vol17/iss1/8