Sera from cases of elephantiasis due to Wuchereria bancrofti infection promoted an intense adhesion of peripheral blood leukocytes to W. bancrofti microfilariae in vitro. A similar adhesion was also seen using sera from some normal persons living for several years in areas where filariasis is endemic. No such adhesion was evident with sera from microfilaria carriers or from normal subjects from...

Kaposi sarcoma is a malignant disease that originates fromthe lymphatic system. Different epidemiological, clinical andhistopathological variants of this neoplasm have been identified.Classic Kaposi sarcoma is one of the four main clinico-epidemiologicvariants. Cutaneous lesions vary from pink patches to darkviolet plaques, nodules or polyps, depending on clinical variantand stage. Kaposi sarco...

Although pretibial myxedema (PTM) occurs in 4.3% of patients with Graves's disease, the most severe variant, elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, is found in less than 1% of cases. The most frequent location of infiltration is the lower extremities, especially the pretibial areas and on the dorsum of the foot. The authors report one of the most severe cases of elephantiasis nostras verrucosa, follo...

We present a case of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa in a patient of leprosy with peripheral neuropathy.

An epidemiological study of filariasis in three villages along the coast at Matara has shown a prevalence of microfilaraemia of 4.4% and a geometric mean microfilaraemia density of 20.6 microfilariae/60ul of fingerprick blood. These are higher than previous values for the area. Prevalence is lower in females compared to males, and also in males under 20 years compared to the older males. Clinic...

In a total of 1977 males aged 5 years and over examined in 21 cluster samples on the coast of Tanzania, the overall rate for microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti was 32%. Hydrocoele and elephantiasis rates were 39% and 3%, respectively. The rates and severity of these 2 clinical manifestations increased in the older age groups. Both the microfilarial density and prevalence increased rapidly in...

Introduction: Hereditary Gingival Enlargement (HGF), a rare entity, is also known as familial elephantiasis, elephantiasis gingivae, diffuse fibromatosis. It benign, non-haemorrhagic fibrous enlargement of gingival tissue. frequently component feature many syndromes. Jones syndrome one such syndrome, characterized by overgrowth and progressive deafness.
 Case report: A 27-year-old male pat...

We measured the concentrations of several circulating fibrosis markers (type I collagen I, type III procollagen, hyaluronan) and eosinophil granule proteins (ECP and EPX) in lymphatic filariosis patients to investigate their relationship with clinical, parasitological and immunological data. This study was conducted in Polynesian patients with various stages of the disease (acute lymphangitis, ...