Elephantiasis I89.05

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Definition
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Uniform swelling of individual body parts due to lymph congestion, more rarely due to venous congestion, with increase in connective tissue and thickening of the skin.

Etiopathogenesis
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Polyätiological. Triggered e.g. post-operatively, post-infectionally, by varicose symptoms, tumours, internal diseases and filariasis.

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020