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Leg Swelling: Symptom of Pitting Edema. Leg swelling generally occurs because of an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the lower extremity. Persisting indentation of a swollen leg after pressure from a finger is known as pitting edema. Common causes of leg swelling include. salt retention, cellulitis, congestive heart failure, and.
1. edema caused by the accumulation of fluid in the extracellular spaces of a tissue. 2. pulmonary edema in the interstitial tissues; there is dyspnea but no hypoxemia. edema neonatoÂ´rum sclerema neonatorum. nonpitting edema edema in which pressure does not leave a depression in the tissues, such as in cellular edema.itting edema edema in which external pressure leaves a persistent depression in the tissues (see pitting); it occurs because the pressure pushes the excess fluid out of the intercellular spaces in the tissue. See also nonpitting edema.