Open AccessOn the question of the operative treatment of elephantiasis
Author(s) -
B E. Gershuni
Publication year - 1903
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj48383
Subject(s) - elephantiasis , erysipelas , lymphatic system , lymphedema , quality (philosophy) , dermatology , medicine , pathology , immunology , philosophy , filariasis , epistemology , cancer , breast cancer , helminths
Rus. Heer. Archive. 1903 pr. 3.
In the quality of the ethiological moment of elephantiasis, most authors point to the reappearance of inflammatory (lymphangoitic, erysipelas) processes, as a result of which tissue densification and subsequent pressure on the veins and lymphatic transudation vessels appear.