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CONGENITAL ELEPHANTIASIS, HEREDITARY EDEMA, TROPHEDEMA, MILROY'S DISEASE

HAROLD K. FABER, M.D.; HARRY R. LUSIGNAN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1933;46(4):816-825.

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The condition variously known as Milroy's disease, hereditary edema, trophedema and congenital elephantiasis with a familial or hereditary incidence is so rare that another instance of it deserves to be recorded.

REPORT OF A CASE

History.—Robert G., born on Oct. 10, 1916, was admitted to the hospital on Oct. 7, 1929; the complaint was swelling of the legs since birth and swelling of the scrotum for the past two months. The maternal grandmother and the mother had had enlargement of the legs since childhood. The mother died of influenza in 1918, and the complete family history was unobtainable. The maternal family came from southern France, in the high Pyrenees Mountains. The patient had a brother who was normal. Birth occurred at full term and delivery was normal. It was said that the child would never walk. The patient had mumps at 10 years of age. His school record was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SAN FRANCISCO

From the Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical School.

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