Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa (ENV): a complication of congestive heart failure and obesity.
Congestive heart failure (CHF) and obesity are common medical conditions that have many complications and an increasing incidence in the United States. Presented here is a case of a disfiguring skin condition that visually highlights the dermatologic consequences of poorly controlled CHF and obesity. This condition will probably become more common as CHF and obesity increase in the US.
Baird
Drew
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Department of Family and Community Medicine, Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA, USA. drew.baird@us.army.mil
Bode
David
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Akers
Troy
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Deyoung
Zachariah
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D000151:Acinetobacter Infections; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation; D041041:Citrobacter koseri; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D004604:Elephantiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008205:Lymphangitis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus