ELEPHANTIASIS OF THE PENIS AND SCROTUM
- 1 July 1935
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 32 (1) , 86-89
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1935.01470010089008
Abstract
Lymphogranuloma inguinale, which was first described by Nicolas, Favre and Durand1in 1913, has received sufficient recognition in the literature, so that the diagnosis of an acute case in the male should be a matter of little difficulty. Though late complications are commonly identified in the female in the form of anorectal syphiloma, esthiomene (chronic ulcers of the vulva with elephantiasis) and, in some cases, high rectal stricture, they have rarely been observed in the male. Barthels and Biberstein2reported one case of elephantiasis of the penis and scrotum in which the Frei reaction was positive. We were unable to find a similar case recorded in the American literature. Sulzberger and Wise3mentioned the possibility of the development of elephantiasis of the penis and scrotum as a sequela of lymphogranuloma inguinale due to localization of the process and retractile scarring REPORT OF A CASE History.—P. G.,Keywords
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