Oscar-Winning Actress Patty Duke Dies At 69. Actress Patty Duke in 2014 in Los Angeles. Actress Patty Duke in 2014 in Los Angeles. Actress Patty Duke, who shot to fame as a teenager in the film The Miracle Worker, died Tuesday morning of sepsis from a ruptured intestine at age 69, her agent said.
Lower extremity of right femur viewed from below. Left knee joint from behind, showing interior ligaments. [edit on Wikidata] The lower extremity of the femur (or distal extremity) is the lower end of the thigh bone in human and other animals, closer to the knee.
Answer. There are a number of causes of lower extremity swelling. Probably the most common is venous insufficiency, in which the veins in the legs slowly lose their ability to return blood to the rest of the body.