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Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2023 Stage III lymphedema, also known as elephantiasis, is the most advanced stage and involves the occurrence of large deformities. This article reports the case of a 30-year-old woman with bilateral stage III lymphedema who weighed 109 kg.
Jose M. P de Godoy +2 more
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Mental distress and podoconiosis in northern Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study [PDF]
, 2014 Background The stigma, deformity and disability related to most neglected tropical diseases may lead to poor mental health. We aimed to assess the comorbidity of podoconiosis and mental distress.
Abreham Tamiru +9 more
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Journal of the American Medical Association, 1918 Cases of elephantiasis are sufficiently rare in this climate to warrant the reporting of all observed cases. It is for this reason that we submit the following case report: REPORT OF CASE History. —Miss C., aged 40, a domestic, born in southern Germany, her name indicating French descent, had come to this country in early childhood and had lived in ...
Wobus, Reinhard E., Opie, E. L.
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Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021 Objective. To confirm the absence of Wuchereria bancrofti autochthonous cases in Manaus, a former focus of lymphatic filariasis in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Methods.
Marilaine Martins +2 more
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Modelling environmental factors correlated with podoconiosis: a geospatial study of non-filarial elephantiasis [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction The precise trigger of podoconiosis — endemic non-filarial elephantiasis of the lower legs — is unknown. Epidemiological and ecological studies have linked the disease with barefoot exposure to red clay soils of volcanic origin ...
Atkinson, Peter M +6 more
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Clinical observation of isolated elephantiasis of the penis
Андрология и генитальная хирургия, 2014 The article presents a case of successful surgical treatment of isolated elephantiasis penis replacement remote pathological tissue graft scrotum.
V. V. Mikhailichenko, V. N. Fesenko
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Annals of Global Health, 2017 BackgroundNigeria is the second most endemic country in the world for lymphatic filariasis, with control efforts often hampered by poor community awareness and involvement in intervention strategies.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the ...
Bolatito Oluwabiyi +4 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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Severe form of thyroid dermopathy in patient with hyperthyroidism [PDF]
Medicinski Glasnik Specijalne Bolnice za Bolesti Štitaste Žlezde i Bolesti Metabolizma "Zlatibor"Graves' disease is an autoimmune disorder in which TSH receptor antibodies play the main pathogenic role. Besides the usual clinical presentation as hyperthyroidism, extrathyroidal manifestations can develop.
Đurković Ivana +8 more
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Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2022 Molecular xenomonitoring (MX), the detection of filarial DNA in mosquitoes using molecular methods (PCR), is a potentially useful surveillance strategy for lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programs.
Brady McPherson +10 more
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