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Elephantiasis,
often incorrectly called elephantitis, is the
enlargement and
hardening of
limbs or body
parts due to
tissue swelling. It is characterised...
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cases have no symptoms, some
people develop a
syndrome called elephantiasis,
which is
marked by
severe swelling in the arms, legs, ****, or genitals...
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Elephantiasis nostras is a
disease that
usually affects the
lower legs or ****.
Swelling is
accompanied by
rough nodules or wart-like
plaques on the...
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lymph nodes; in
chronic cases,
these worms lead to the
syndrome of
elephantiasis.
Subcutaneous filariasis is
caused by Loa loa (the eye worm), Mansonella...
- Podoconiosis, also
known as
nonfilarial elephantiasis, is a
disease of the
lymphatic vessels of the
lower extremities that is
caused by
chronic exposure...
- man who
attracted worldwide attention for his
problems with
scrotal elephantiasis,
which caused his **** to grow to a
weight of 132.5
pounds (60.1 kg)...
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angioid streaks,
which are
common in
pseudoxanthoma elasti****, or in
elephantiasis caused by thread-like,
microscopic parasitic worms (filariasis). Peau...
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condition would be a part of more
diffuse sequelae commonly referred to as
elephantiasis,
which also
affects the
lymphatic system in
other parts of the body...
- a
medical term
referring to
elephantiasis of the
female genitals. In the past, the term has also
referred to
elephantiasis of the male genitalia. Esthiomene...
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Patrick Manson discovered the life
cycle of the
filarial worms that
cause elephantiasis transmitted by mosquitoes.
Manson further predicted that the malaria...
