Bilateral Lower Limb and Abdominal Elephantiasis Due to Erysipelas  

作　　者：Yan-Ping Yang Wan-Xue Huang Wei-Xi Zhong Yi-Mu Fu Ping-An He Gang Zhao Qi-Ming Feng 

机构地区：[1]Department of Emergency Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai 200233, China [2]Department of Rheumatorogy, Tongji Hospital of Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, China

出　　处：《Chinese Medical Journal》2018年第7期873-874,共2页中华医学杂志（英文版）

摘　　要：To the Editor： Elephantiasis results from chronic lymphedema and is characterized by gross enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitalia. It occurs due to various obstructive diseases of the lymphatic system. The most common form of lymphedema is secondary lymphedema involving resection or ablation of the regional lymph nodes by surgery, radiation, tumor invasion, direct trauma, or an infection. We present an unusual case of bilateral lower limb and abdominal elephantiasis due to extensive lymph node destruction by erysipelas.To the Editor： Elephantiasis results from chronic lymphedema and is characterized by gross enlargement of the arms, legs, or genitalia. It occurs due to various obstructive diseases of the lymphatic system. The most common form of lymphedema is secondary lymphedema involving resection or ablation of the regional lymph nodes by surgery, radiation, tumor invasion, direct trauma, or an infection. We present an unusual case of bilateral lower limb and abdominal elephantiasis due to extensive lymph node destruction by erysipelas.

分 类 号：S858.28[农业科学—临床兽医学] TS951.9[农业科学—兽医学]