Author/Authors :
SANTOS, Vitorino Modesto dos Catholic University (UCB) - Armed Forces Hospital (HFA) - Internal Medicine, Brazil , SANTOS, Lister Arruda Modesto dos State Workers Hospital (HSE) - Surgery, Brazil , MODESTO, Antônio Augusto Dall’Agnol Community of Medicine - Family and Community Medicine, Brazil , AMUI, Milena de Oliveira Universidade de Uberaba (Uniube) - Internal Medicine, Brazil
Abstract :
This 42-year-old Brazilian man of low socioeconomic status came for a clinical evaluation because of malaise, fever (39°C) and shivering associated with pain in the left lower limb. He stated that Fifteen years ago he underwent surgical procedures on the left thigh and leg, which supposedly gave origin to repeated episodes of dermatolymphangioadenitis (DLA) for about ten years
