Cellulitis of the lower extremity(ies) or abdominal wall can be the cause of fever and pain in patients with
cirrhosis.135,212 This soft-tissue infection is an under-recognized and increasing problem in patients with cirrhosis
and fluid retention, perhaps in part due to the obesity epidemic and the brawny edema present in many obese
patients.212 Patients with brawny edema plus pitting edema may be unusually predisposed to bacterial infection.