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Adil Dehhaze1, Yassine Benchamkha1, Ouafa Dhaidah1, Mouna Ejjiyar1, Mariam Quaboul1, Abdelkoddous Bhihi1, Mehdi Sahibi1, Moulay Driss Elamrani1, Saloua Ettalbi1.
Abstract
Scrotal elephantiasis is defined as an increase in the scrotal volume which can reach a very large size. This study involved O.H, a married man aged 70 years, father of 4 children, farmer, native of and resident in Agadir (south of Morocco). Symptoms started 7 years before when scrotal edema and then an edema in both feet and legs gradually increasing in volume occurred. Physical examination showed scrotal elephantiasis with a circumference measured 80 cm and elephantiasis in both legs and feet. Locoregional assessment was based on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The patient was scheduled for monoblock scrotal resection under spinal anesthesia with removal of all of the tissue affected by the lymphedema around the testicle which were covered using the remaining skin and of the penis which was skin grafted using thin skin. The treatment aimed to ensure penis function and to manage the disfiguration. Conservative treatment based on lymphovenous bypass surgery or on the dilation of lymph vessels is no longer performed. Treatment is based on surgery. Surgery is avoided when there are absolute contraindications.Entities:
Keywords: Lymphoedema; elephantiasis; reconstruction
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31489066 PMCID: PMC6711681 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.88.13066
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1Vue de face en préopératoire: la bourse scrotale atteint les genoux vue son poids
Figure 2Vue de profil montrant le volume important de la bourse scrotale
Figure 3L’Imagerie à résonnance magnétique (IRM) pelvienne montrant les structures anatomiques de la bourse noyées dans l’œdème visualisé en hypersignal avec allongement du cordon spermatique et hypotrophie scrotale bilatérale
Figure 4Vue peropératoire montrant l’abord chirurgical en y permettant d’avoir un bon jour pour disséquer la verge et les testicules
Figure 5Vue peropératoire montrant la libération de la verge et des deux testicules
Figure 6Photo postopératoire à 9 jours avec un processus cicatriciel normal, sonde urinaire en place
Figure 7Photo postopératoire de 6 mois avec une bonne cicatrisation et reprise de la fonction et du confort du patient