Lymphedema in a 7-year-old boy infected with Wuchereria bancrofti in Sierra Leone: A case report
- Dome, Mackenzie
- Ansumana, Rashid
- Covington, Andrea L.
- Rebollo, Maria
- Sesay, Santigie
- Jacobsen, Kathryn H.
- de Souza, Dziedzom K.
- Koudou, Benjamin
- Michael, Edwin
- Bockarie, Moses
Publication date
June 2014
DOI Publisher
Elsevier BV ISSN
0001-706X Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
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
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