title: Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa on the abdomen of a Turkish female patient caused by morbid obesity.
abstract: Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa is a rare disorder of an extremity or a body region, which is associated with chronic lymphedema. There are 7 reported cases of abdominal elephantiasis in the medical literature. Here we report a morbidly obese female patient with elephantiasis nostras verrucosa on the abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Cerrahpasa Medical School, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buyuktas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tasan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Demirkesen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gundogdu
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004604:Elephantiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications