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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
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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
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Neglected tropical diseases, neglected data sources, and neglected issues. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2007
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a so-called neglected tropical disease, currently overshadowed by higher-profile efforts to address malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
Burton H Singer, Carol D Ryff
doaj   +1 more source

Erratum to: Wuchereria bancrofti infection at four primary schools and surrounding communities with no previous blood surveys in northern Uganda: the prevalence after mass drug administrations and a report on suspected non-filarial endemic elephantiasis

Tropical Medicine and Health, 2017
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s41182-017-0060-y.].
E. Odongo-Aginya, A. Olia, Kilama Justin Luwa, Eiji Nagayasu, A. Auma, Geoffrey Egitat, Gerald Mwesigwa, Y. Ogino, E. Kimura, T. Horii   +9 more
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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

Neglected patients with a neglected disease? A qualitative study of lymphatic filariasis. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2007
BACKGROUND: Lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a so-called neglected tropical disease, currently overshadowed by higher-profile efforts to address malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS.
Myrtle Perera, Margaret Whitehead, David Molyneux, Mirani Weerasooriya, Godfrey Gunatilleke   +4 more
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Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic microfilaremeia to lymhoedema.
Mili Jain, Ayush Shukla, Ashutosh Kumar, Rashmi Kushwaha, Uma Shankar Singh   +4 more
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Circulating microbial products and acute phase proteins as markers of pathogenesis in lymphatic filarial disease. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2012
Lymphatic filariasis can be associated with development of serious pathology in the form of lymphedema, hydrocele, and elephantiasis in a subset of infected patients.
R Anuradha, P Jovvian George, N Pavan Kumar, Michael P Fay, V Kumaraswami, Thomas B Nutman, Subash Babu   +6 more
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Targeting Mitogen‐Activated Protein Kinase‐Activating Death Domain Protein of Brugia malayi for Construction of a Multi‐Epitope Subunit Vaccine Against Lymphatic Filariasis

Medicine Advances, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 177-192, September 2025.
We focused on the MAP kinase activating death domain (MADD) protein of Brugia malayi as a candidate for a vaccine against lymphatic filariasis (LF). Our results demonstrated a significant increase in the production of memory B‐cells, T‐cells, and antibodies, which are crucial for removing microfilariae from the circulation of infected individuals. This
Paa Kwesi Anfu, Gifty Madjitey, Jennifer Afreh, Arnold Abakah, Prince Dunyo, Prince Manu, Kweku Foh Gyasi, Priscilla Osei‐Poku, Alexander Kwarteng   +8 more
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Treatment of elephantiasis nostras verrucosa with CO2laser

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2019
Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV) is the most severe form of chronic non-filarial lymphedema that leads to disfiguration of body parts. Multiple topical and surgical treatments have been typically used with high relapse rates and local complications.
Adrián De Quintana Sancho, Leandra Reguero Del Cura, Susana Armesto Alonso, Marcos Antonio González López   +3 more
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