Burden of podoconiosis in poor rural communities in Guliso woreda, western Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2011 Background. Podoconiosis is an environmental lymphoedema affecting people living and working barefoot on irritant red clay soil. Podoconiosis is relatively well described in southern Ethiopia, but remains neglected in other parts of the Ethiopian ...
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Vulval Elephantiasis: A Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2012 Introduction. Elephantiasis is a chronic manifestation of filariasis; it commonly affects limbs, scrotum, and trunk. Females have lower incidence of filarial infection. Vulval elephantiasis due to filariasis is still rarer.
Harsh Mohan +3 more
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Determining Etiology of Elephantiasis and Associated Factors in Hawella Tula, Sidama Region, Ethiopia [PDF]
Research and Reports in Tropical MedicineTigabu Daniel,1 Hunachew Beyene,2 Bereket A Tegene1 1Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia; 2Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University ...
Daniel T, Beyene H, Tegene BA
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Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: an atypical presentation following intrapelvic lymphoma [PDF]
, 2019 Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa is a progressively debilitating and disfiguring disease commonly presenting with verrucous, cobblestone-like papules, nodules, or plaques with nonpitting edema in the lower extremities.
Yasmin Hadian +3 more
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Unexplained Giant Genital Enlargement: Is It Due to Inverse Psoriasis? [PDF]
ReportsA healthy 54-year-old man previously presented to vascular surgeons with a 4-year history of swelling of the penis and scrotum was scheduled for ultrasound evaluation in the angiology office in our department.
Francesco Natale, Giovanni Cimmino
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Pregnancy and Vaginal Childbirth Followed by Reconstructive Vulval Surgery in a Woman with Giant and Isolated Vulval Elephantiasis [PDF]
Oman Medical JournalIsolated elephantiasis of the vulva refers to a gigantic swelling of the vulva without concomitant swelling of the lower limbs. It is a rarely reported entity and its occurrence during pregnancy has been reported only once.
Rinnie Brar +3 more
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Prevalence of endemic Bancroftian filariasis in the high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria [PDF]
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2011 Background & objectives: The study was aimed at determining the prevalence and intensity of Wuchereriabancrofti microfilaraemia in a high altitude region of south-eastern Nigeria, and ascertaining the prevalenceof clinical signs and symptoms associated ...
E.C. Utta
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Recurrent unilateral vulval elephantiasis: a case report.
Journal of Family and Reproductive Health, 2014 Genital elephantiasis is caused by a variety of infective and non infective causes leading to blockage of lymphatic. We are presenting a rare case of recurrent unilateral vulval elephantiasis which has recurred after initial reconstructive surgery.
Lakshmidevi Muralidhar +2 more
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Elephantiasis in the Netherlands, a rare finding and a reason to perform an autopsy
Forensic Science International: Reports, 2020 Introduction: Elephantiasis is endemic around the equator. In Western countries the phenomenon is extremely rare. Case description: A Dutch 41-year-old severely obese male was found dead in his home.
H. Tamara Gelderman +2 more
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Successful surgical resection and reconstruction of scrotal elephantiasis
IJU Case Reports, 2021 Introduction An enlarged scrotum due to scrotal elephantiasis results in a poor quality of life. This condition is uncommon and challenging to manage for most urologists.
Yuto Hattori +5 more
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