title: [A text-book case of tropical facial elephantiasis].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tropical facial elephantiasis is a nosological entity which can arise from various underlying causes: von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis, lymphatic and cutaneodermal filarioses, deep mycosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report an exceptional case of tropical facial elephantiasis caused by onchocercosis and entomophtoromycosis (rhinophycomycosis). The patient's facial morphology was noted "hippopotamus-face" or "dog-face".
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Onchocercosis and entomophtoromycosis are two diseases known to cause facial elephantiasis. We have not however been able to find any case report in the literature of co-morbidity nor any information on factors predictive of concomitant occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillofaciale, cliniques universitaires de Kinshasa, BP 123, Kinshasa-XI, République Démocratique du Congo.
authors.forename: N-J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Dilu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sokolo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004604:Elephantiasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D005145:Face; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005369:Filaricides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D015163:Superinfection; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D005369:Filaricides; D007559:Ivermectin; D007654:Ketoconazole