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Spatial distribution of podoconiosis in relation to environmental factors in Ethiopia: a historical review [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND An up-to-date and reliable map of podoconiosis is needed to design geographically targeted and cost-effective intervention in Ethiopia.
Abdisalan Mohamed Noor, AC Clements, Asrat Hailu, AW Onapa, C Sikorski, D Frommel, DH Molyneux, DH Molyneux, E Price, EW Price, EW Price, EW Price, EW Price, EW Price, EW Price, EW Price, F de Lalla, F Tekola, Fikre Enquselassie, G Alemu, G Davey, G Davey, G Davey, G Mengistu, Gail Davey, GG Oli, H Birrie, H Kloos, HH Weinert, JM Macé, JO Gyapong, JO Gyapong, K Deribe, K Desta, Kebede Deribe, Melanie Newport, MK Saunders, P Crivelli, Rachel L. Pullan, Richard Reithinger, RJ Hijmans, RL Pullan, S Brooker, S Wanji, S Wanji, Simon J. Brooker, SM Njenga, W Shiferaw, YB Molla   +48 more
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Diversity and Activities of Mosquito in Yogyakarta Special Region Province, Indonesia, a Non Filariasis Endemic Area [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2020
According to data from the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia in 2018, there were 37 cases of Elephantiasis in Yogyakarta, even though Yogyakarta is not an endemic area of filariasis.
Istianah Siti, Mulyaningsih Budi, Umniyati Sitti R.   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Primary Retroperitoneal Filariasis Presenting with Acute Abdomen

Dubai Medical Journal, 2021
Lymphatic filariasis is a common tropical parasitic infection caused by the Nematoda Filarioidae family. Filariasis predominantly affects the lymphoreticular system, leading to lymphedema, elephantiasis, hydrocele, and chyluria. However, its presentation
Maram Z. Nached, Labib S. Al-Ozaibi
doaj   +1 more source

Discovery of Scrotal Elephantiasis during a Free Surgical Treatment Campaign for Adult Hydroceles at the Koutiala Reference Health Centre

East African Scholars Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Scrotal elephantiasis (scrotal lymphoedema) is defined as an increase in scrotal volume that can reach a very large size. It has functional (burying of the penis), aesthetic and psychological repercussions.
B. B, D. O, Remi A, O. S, T. S, K. O, S. D, S. I, D. S, S. Y, S. B, K. D, S. O, F. D, K. S, Diakite Ml   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Kaposi Sarcoma: A Rare Presentation of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa

Cureus, 2023
Although a low-grade vascular tumor, Kaposi sarcoma (KS) can have mucosal, and visceral involvement. Additionally, disfiguring disseminated lesions can be seen in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ...
A. Doodnauth, Jordan Zhou, Sigogini Sivarajah, Hannah E Xavier, Samy I McFarlane   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Idiopathic Penoscrotal Elephantiasis: A New Observation and Review of the Literature

Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2023
Penoscrotal elephantiasis is a rare pathology outside filarial endemic areas. We report a case of primary penoscrotal elephantiasis in a 65-year-old patient, who was treated by complete surgical resection of the pathological tissue and penoscrotal ...
El Bahri Abdessamad, Jamali Mounir, Laarbi Hamdoun, Oukouhou Abdelhakim, Lamghari Aziz, Boukhlifi Youness, Louardi Nabil, Ameur Ahmed   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic remodeling induced by filarial parasites: implications for pathogenesis. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2009
Even in the absence of an adaptive immune system in murine models, lymphatic dilatation and dysfunction occur in filarial infections, although severe irreversible lymphedema and elephantiasis appears to require an intact adaptive immune response in human
Sasisekhar Bennuru, Thomas B Nutman
doaj   +1 more source

Vulval Elephantiasis: A Case Report

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, Bhumika Bisht, Poonam Goel, Geeta Garg   +3 more
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Scroto-perineal hidradenitis suppurativa complicated by giant scrotal elephantiasis

Urology Annals, 2015
Scrotal elephantiasis has been a recognized complication of inguinal node irradiation, filarial infection, tumor involvement and surgical lymphatic destruction, but has rarely been reported in association with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).
Badr Alharbi, Ahmed Shlash, Khaled Bedaiwi, Qais Al Hooti, Abdulrahman Almohaisen, Saud Shlash, Mohammad Said   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Epidemiology and individual, household and geographical risk factors of podoconiosis in ethiopia: results from the first nationwide mapping [PDF]

, 2014
Although podoconiosis is one of the major causes of tropical lymphoedema and is endemic in Ethiopia its epidemiology and risk factors are poorly understood.
Abeba Gebretsadik, Abraham Aseffa, Alemu, Amha Kebede, Amirossadat, Ashenafi Assefa, Asrat Hailu, Bartholomew, Cohen, Davey, Davey, Davey, Deribe, Deribe, Deribe, Desta, Fikre Enquselassie, Freeman, Gail Davey, Gebrehanna, Geshere Oli, Heven Sime, Hotez, Jenny, Jorge Cano, Kebede Deribe, Lee, Maria P. Rebollo, Mathieu, Melanie J. Newport, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molla, Molyneux, Moses J. Bockarie, Mousley, Onapa, Oomen, Oumer Shafi, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Price, Pullan, Rachel L. Pullan, Richard Reithinger, Sikorski, Silvester, Simon J. Brooker, Tekola, Tekola, Tekola Ayele, Tekola Ayele, Tekola-Ayele, Tora, Wanji, Weinert, Yakob   +60 more
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