Open AccessA Case Report: Elephantiasis
Author(s) -
Ergenekon Karagöz,
Gökhan Karaahmetoğlu,
Ali Acar,
Vedat Turhan,
Oral Öncül,
Levent Görenek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
türkiye parazitoloji dergisi/türkiye parazitoloji dergisi
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2146-3077
pISSN - 1300-6320
DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2012.45
Subject(s) - elephantiasis , lymphedema , medicine , lymphatic filariasis , lymphogranuloma venereum , dermatology , lymphatic system , differential diagnosis , edema , surgery , filariasis , pathology , gynecology , cancer , breast cancer , chlamydia trachomatis , helminths , immunology
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome (KTS) is a rare disease and a syndrome that ischaracterized by the triad of congenital port wine stains,venous malformationswith or without varicose veins, bone or soft tissue hypertrophy. Lymphaticfilariasis is a filarial disease which usually occurs with genital anomalies,pathologies associated with lymphedema or elephantiasis caused by a filarialinfectious agent. In this case report, a 20-year-old male patient admitted toour clinic for diagnosis and treatment with right leg edema and lesionscompatible with dermatological manifestations. In the list of differentialdiagnosis, filarial elephantiasis was also thought, consequently KTS wasdiagnosed. (Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2012; 36: 188-90).