Literature DB >> 20804691

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa on the abdomen of a Turkish female patient caused by morbid obesity.

D Buyuktas1, E Arslan, O Celik, E Tasan, C Demirkesen, S Gundogdu.   

Abstract

Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa is a rare disorder of an extremity or a body region, which is associated with chronic lymphedema. There are 7 reported cases of abdominal elephantiasis in the medical literature. Here we report a morbidly obese female patient with elephantiasis nostras verrucosa on the abdominal wall.

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Year:  2010        PMID: 20804691

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Dermatol Online J        ISSN: 1087-2108


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