Tolvaptan for the Treatment of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
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Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa
A 53-year-old woman presented to the hospital complaining of severe pain in her right leg for the past several days. She has a 5-year history of lymphedema in her right leg, as well as morbid obesity, recurrent cellulitis, erysipelas, and osteomyelitis. She has never suffered from filariasis and has no family history of familial lymphedema. Her temperature on admission was 100.9◦F (38.3◦C). Exa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.2815-19