[Incidence of the manifestations of the so-called status varicosus of Curtius in subjects with idiopathic varices of the lower extremities].

Two groups of subjects have been studied: the first one affected by varicose veins in lower legs, the second one as control (both groups include 138 subjects, mostly corresponding about age, sex and general health conditions). Acrocyanosis, blue sclerae, juvenile spontaneous epistaxis, hand's primary osteoarthrosis, articular hypermobility, thin skin and hernia were present more frequently in the group affected by varicose veins, the difference being statistically very significant. We suggest that mechanical revealing factors lead to the development of varicose veins in subjects who have a constitutional and probably hereditary systemic weakness of connective tissue network.