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elephantiasis

Enlargement of a limb (elephant leg): Etiology: 1) filariasis (most common) 2) lymphogranuloma venereum 3) pretibial myxedema [2] Pathology: 1) obstruction of the lymphatics 2) hypertrophy, fibrosis & edema of the skin & subcutaneous tissue 3) hydrocele 4) affects extremities &/or genitalia Clinical manifestations: * image [3] (also see filariasis)

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015
  3. Wikipedia: Elephantiasis (image) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantiasis