Decompression sickness with subsequent lymphatic manifestation following recompression treatment: a case report in a heavy drinker

Tokai J Exp Clin Med. 1988 Jun;13(2):79-83.

Abstract

A case of decompression sickness is described in an uniformed diver who developed lymphatic manifestations after recompression treatment. No definite contributing factors to this rare disorder were established. A brief review of cutaneous lesions in decompression sickness is also presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcoholism / complications*
  • Decompression Sickness / complications
  • Decompression Sickness / drug therapy
  • Decompression Sickness / physiopathology*
  • Edema
  • Erythema / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / therapeutic use
  • Lymphatic System / pathology
  • Lymphatic System / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
  • Hydrocortisone