KEY POINTS Dilated cardiomyopathy is an uncommon complication of hypothyroidism. Clinicians should consider dilated cardiomyopathy in patients with generalized pitting edema. Cardiac dysfunction in ...

He had decreased breath sounds at the right lung base, moderate painless pitting edema of his legs and mild abdominal distention with no ascites, masses, hepatosplenomegaly or stigmata of liver ...

These types of edema affect brain tissues leading to cellular swelling and if severe, cell death. Ischemic stroke and cerebral ischemia are major contributors to cytotoxic edema.