title: Lymphedema in a 7-year-old boy infected with Wuchereria bancrofti in Sierra Leone: a case report.
abstract: We present a case of congenital lymphedema in a 7-year-old boy in Sierra Leone with active filarial infection and penile edema. The genital edema with onset at 6 months of age may have been due to a congenital abnormality in lymphatic drainage. Other possible causes of childhood lymphedema, including Milroy's disease, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Mackenzie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dome
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone; Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. Electronic address: r.ansumana@liverpool.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Rashid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ansumana
authors.affiliation: Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Bo, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Andrea L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Covington
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Maria P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rebollo
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
authors.forename: Santigie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sesay
authors.affiliation: Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jacobsen
authors.affiliation: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
authors.forename: Dziedzom K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Benjamin G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Koudou
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, USA.
authors.forename: Edwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Michael
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: Moses J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bockarie
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D012807:Sierra Leone; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Child; Complications; Filarial elephantiasis; Lymphatic filariasis; Lymphedema; Milroy's disease