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- hypertrophy of a limb
- hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum); the end state of the disease filariasis
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- 象皮病(皮膚や肉が厚くなる熱帯病)
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- 1. リンパ系フィラリア症:疫学、臨床症状、診断lymphatic filariasis epidemiology clinical manifestations and diagnosis [show details]
…resulting in hyperpigmentation and hyperkeratosis. Severe lymphedema is sometimes referred to as elephantiasis. In Brugian infections, lymphedema is typically restricted to the distal extremities (below the …
- 2. 自己免疫性甲状腺疾患における前脛骨部粘液水腫(甲状腺皮膚症)pretibial myxedema thyroid dermopathy in autoimmune thyroid disease [show details]
…lesions progress to involve the legs, feet, or hands completely, resulting in a form reminiscent of elephantiasis and leaving the patient severely disabled. The skin is thickened, woody, firm, with nonpitting …
- 3. リンパ系フィラリア症:治療および予防lymphatic filariasis treatment and prevention [show details]
…chronic complications of lymphatic filariasis are recurrent lymphangitis or cellulitis, lymphedema, elephantiasis, and hydrocele. Chyluria is relatively infrequent but does occur. Individuals with lymphedema …
- 4. リンパ肉芽腫性病lymphogranuloma venereum [show details]
…earlier stages of infection are untreated or undertreated. Late complications include genital elephantiasis, anal fistulae and strictures, frozen pelvis, and infertility . One of the most severe late manifestations …
- 5. 黒色分芽菌症chromoblastomycosis [show details]
…circulating and tissue levels . Potential sequelae include lymphatic blockage, stasis, lymphedema, and elephantiasis Depending on the site of infection, fibrosis may also lead to complications such as joint immobility…
English Journal
- [Orbitotemporal facial involvement in type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1)].
- Rilliet B, Pittet B, Montandon D, Narata AP, de Ribaupierre S, Schils F, Boscherini D, Di Rocco C, Ducrey N.SourceService de neurochirurgie, hôpital cantonal universitaire, 3-4, rue G. Perret-Gentil, 1211 Genève 14, Suisse. benedict.rilliet@hcuge.ch
- Neuro-Chirurgie.Neurochirurgie.2010 Apr-Jun;56(2-3):257-70. Epub 2010 Mar 19.
- Plexiform neurofibromas of the orbit, sometimes extending to the temporal region and the face, are considered to be a rare but devastating and disfiguring complication of neurofibromatosis type 1. The first symptoms appear in infancy and the involvement of the orbit and the face is present in nearly
- PMID 20303131
- Elephantiasis neuromatosa of the lower limb in a patient with neurofibromatosis type-1: A case report with imaging findings.
- Bano S, Prasad A, Yadav SN, Chaudhary V, Sachdeva N.SourceDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and PGIMER, New Delhi - 110 001, India.
- Journal of pediatric neurosciences.J Pediatr Neurosci.2010 Jan;5(1):59-63.
- Elephantiasis neuromatosa is the most impressive manifestation of neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1). We report a case of NF-1 who presented with elephantiasis neuromatosa of his right leg. Cross-sectional imaging not only assists in the correct diagnosis but also aids in imaging the vasculature of a p
- PMID 21042513
Japanese Journal
- About the paper "Elephantiasis Neuromatosa and Becker's Melanosis" (J Dermatol, 26:396-398, 1999)
- Elephantiasis Neuromatosa and Becker's Melanosis
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