It is also called erysipelas. Erysipel is a localized skin infection often on the lower leg.
Erysipelas manifests itself as hyperthermia, fever, extensive redness and pressure-painful swelling of the skin.
It is triggered by bacteria that penetrate through the small skin lesions.

The favoring factors for erysipelas are as follows:

• Varicose veins
• Heart failure
• renal insufficiency
• Lymphedema
• Circulatory disorder

Duplex sonography is important in the diagnosis of erysipelas to differentiate between:

• Venous thrombosis
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Eczema