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Revista Científica Ciencia Médica

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VARGAS-MAMANI, Jesus Humberto et al. SURGICAL INTERVENTION OF GIANT ESCROTAL LYMPHEDEMA IN BOLIVIA. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2018, vol.21, n.2, pp.60-66. ISSN 2077-3323.

Scrotal Lymphedema is an infrequent pathology as an idiopathic presentation. Also, it is known as elephantiasis because of the modifications of dermic tissue, it is classified, in order to the age off apparition, in congenital or acquired. The diagnosis is clinic and the etiology could be confirmed by complementary tests. In general, the recommended treatment is surgical although with less serious cases it should appeal to palliative treatment. It is presented a case of a 33 year-old male, from Parotani, in Cochabamba-Bolivia with a clinical presentation of three years of evolution. It was made an extraction of 3,7 kg lump of lymphoedematical scrotal tissue after that he did not present complications and patient's quality of life improved.

Keywords : Elephantiasis; Escrotum; Lymphedema; Penis; Surgical Procedures.

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