[A former bodybuilder with a swelling on the forearm]. / Een oud-bodybuilder met een zwelling op de onderarm.

A 56-year-old man came to the general practitioner with a solitary compressible swelling on his left forearm, which enlarged during exercise. The patient reported a history of bodybuilding and he worked as a plasterer. Physical examination revealed primary varicose of the upper extremity, a rare localisation of a common vascular disease.