Ueber Cholera nostras

Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa

A 53-year-old woman presented to the hospital complaining of severe pain in her right leg for the past several days. She has a 5-year history of lymphedema in her right leg, as well as morbid obesity, recurrent cellulitis, erysipelas, and osteomyelitis. She has never suffered from filariasis and has no family history of familial lymphedema. Her temperature on admission was 100.9◦F (38.3◦C). Exa...

Hippokrates Ueber die Krankheiten III

irrelevant. Chemistry and the relations between science, technology, and industry are well surveyed by Crosland and Cardwell respectively. Forbes's essay on mathematical cosmography is not a comprehensive account but the story (albeit interesting) of a few German cartographers. Compared with other recent collections of essays in the history of science, this volume parades no party line: witness...

Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa in leprosy

We present a case of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa in a patient of leprosy with peripheral neuropathy.

Ueber Das Verschwinden Der Θ-functionen

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa secondary to recurrent erysipelas.

Freitas A, Rodrigues JFM. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-221014 Description A 79-year-old man presented with worsening lower leg oedema, nausea, prostration, fever and chills. He had history of several episodes of erysipelas during 10 years, chronic venous insufficiency and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Physical examination revealed lesions of a mossy and verrucose appearance, with exophyt...