Symptoms (enormous swellings of legs, arms, breasts, or scrotum) due to infections with filarial worms, Wuchereria or Brugia , Lymphatic Filariasis.
Figures 1 and 2 show old photos of patients with swelling of the scrotum respectively breasts due to lymph node blockage induced by Wuchereria bancrofti. Photos from R. Koch’s expeditions.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Tropical Elephantiasis. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3294-2
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