Elephantiasis is also known as lymphatic filariasis. It’s caused by parasitic worms, and can spread from person to person through mosquitoes. Elephantiasis causes swelling of the scrotum, legs, or ...
Elephantiasis nostras is a rare cutaneous response to chronic secondary, nonfilarial lymphedema. Our patient had elephantiasis nostras verrucosa (ENV), a hard subtype that can occasionally coexist ...
Treatment for elephantiasis includes medications, symptom management, and, sometimes, surgery. Although medically known as lymphatic filariasis, the term elephantiasis is commonly used because ...