Bilateral groove sign with penoscrotal elephantiasis

Reconstructive surgery for giant penoscrotal elephantiasis: about one case

Elephantiasis of the external genitalia is characterized by lymphedema and thickening of the subcutaneous tissues. This gives the skin an appearance similar to a pachyderm skin. This pathology is invalidating for the patient. Reconstructive surgery is often the only way to restaure aesthetic and functional aspects of the external genitalia. We aim to report a 52 year man with huge penoscrotal e...

Bilateral Schwartze Sign, Decision-Making for Surgery

Otosclerosis is an otic capsule disorder that leads to progressive conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss due to stapes footplate fixation and cochlear bone involvement. The disorder is bilateral in 70% of patients and it usually starts between the third and fifth decade. One of its characteristic clinical findings is Schwartze sign which refers to a reddish discoloration over the promont...

bilateral schwartze sign, decision-making for surgery

otosclerosis is an otic capsule disorder that leads to progressive conductive and/or sensorineural hearing loss due to stapes footplate fixation and cochlear bone involvement. the disorder is bilateral in 70% of patients and it usually starts between the third and fifth decade. one of its characteristic clinical findings is schwartze sign which refers to a reddish discoloration over the promont...

Elephantiasis

Taming elephantiasis with acitretin

Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia We present two patients with elephantiasis nostras verrucosa of the lower limbs which improved with oral acitretin. One patient was young and otherwise well while the other was a diabetic with multiple co-morbidities. The treatment was well tolerated and resulted in flattening of verrucous and hyperkeratotic skin lesions ...