Elephantiasis Congenita Angiomatosa

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Summary: An account is given of eight cases of congenital elephantiasis with angiomatosis, in which no hereditary history of the disease was found. It is emphasized that a definite diagnosis can be made by means of histological examination, and that soft‐tissue radiography may often facilitate the diagnosis. The prognosis with regard to spontaneous regression is found to be poor, but the functional ability is usually relatively unimpaired. Various forms of therapy are discussed. In one of the four deaths, the cause was found to be malignancy of the growth.

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