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ID DOID:12211
Name filarial elephantiasis
Definition A filariasis that is characterized by the thickening of the skin and underlying tissues, especially in the legs, male genitals and female breasts, caused by thread-like parasitic worms Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi or Brugia timori, which inhabit the lymphatics. These nematodes are transmitted by mosquitoes. Acute symptoms include fever, lymphadenitis, lymphangitis, funiculitis, and epididymitis. Chronic symptoms include abscesses, hyperkeratosis, polyarthritis, hydroceles, lymphedema, and elephantiasis.
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lymphaticfilariasis/index.html, https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/lymphatic-filariasis
Xrefs

MESH:D004605

NCI:C128360

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:240820001

UMLS_CUI:C0013884

Alternateids

DOID:13433

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

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Synonyms

Bancroftian elephantiasis [EXACT]

Bancroftian filarial chyluria [EXACT]

elephantiasis of eyelid [EXACT]

Lymphatic filariasis [EXACT]

Parent Relationships

is_a skin disease

is_a filariasis

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