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Lymphedema is a condition caused by extra-cellular fluids accumulating in subcutaneous compartments as a result of lymphatic obstruction. Etiologically it can be classified as primary (congenital) and secondary (acquired). Primary lymphedema can be seen to be associated with congenital lymphatic hypoplasia, as a component of a genetic syndrome such as Milroy’s disease or Meigs syndrome.1 Second...

Objective-To study efficacy of treatment of ifiarial lymphoedema and elephantiasis with 5,6-benzo-a-pyrone. Design-Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled study with matching for grade and duration of disease, age, and sex. Treatment was given for 367 days, and subjects were followed up for another year. Setting-A town in Shandong Province, China. Subjects-104 men and women with chronic un...

every Fijian is the subject of filariasis. These reasons, together with the preceding (1) are: (a) adult filarioe are to be found in the lymphatics and other tissues without the presence in the blood of corresponding microfilariae ; (b) a large proportion of Fijians are effected with what in common with others I regard as filarial disease, and in whom no microfilarire can be found in the blood....