Elephantiasis
| Elephantiasis | |
|---|---|
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| A female with Elephantiasis tropica | |
| Classification and external resources | |
| Specialty | Infectious disease, general surgery |
| ICD-10 | I89.0 |
Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases, where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions.
Some conditions that have this symptom include:
- Elephantiasis nostras, due to longstanding chronic lymphangitis
- Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti. More than 120 million people, mostly in Africa and Southeast Asia, are affected.[1]
- Nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, an immune disease affecting the lymph vessels
- Elephantiasis, Grade 3 lymphedema which may occur in people with breast cancer.[2]
- Genital elephantiasis, end result of lymphogranuloma venereum
- Proteus syndrome, the genetic disorder of the so-called Elephant Man
References
- ↑ Carlson, Emily (27 March 2013). "Taking the 'Bite' Out of Vector-Borne Diseases - Inside Life Science Series - National Institute of General Medical Sciences". publications.nigms.nih.gov. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ↑ "Lymphedema". National Cancer Institute. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
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