. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. persistent and more or less progressive prolifera-tion of the skin and subcutaneous connective tissue of the affected members. Its best known form is that known as elephantiasis. This ailment isendemic and due to the presence of the filaria sanguinis hominis, and indeedis frequently encountered in countries infested with this organism (filariaBancrofti). On the other hand, sporadic cases are not infrequently encountered whichpresent the same clinical appearance but lack any specific etiologic factors. Edema slight. Poached-eggbelly. Charact
. Medical diagnosis for the student and practitioner. persistent and more or less progressive prolifera-tion of the skin and subcutaneous connective tissue of the affected members. Its best known form is that known as elephantiasis. This ailment isendemic and due to the presence of the filaria sanguinis hominis, and indeedis frequently encountered in countries infested with this organism (filariaBancrofti). On the other hand, sporadic cases are not infrequently encountered whichpresent the same clinical appearance but lack any specific etiologic factors. Edema slight. Poached-eggbelly. Characteristicof transudate Exudate. Milky fluid. The false and commoner form. Endemic form. Sporadic type. 26 MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS Prominentsymptoms. Onset and ex-acerbations. Palpatorycrackling. In each variety the persistent and slowly progressive enlargement of the leg, theleathery, furrowed, uneven, varicose surface and the slowly increasing difficultyin locomotion are unattended by the cardinal sign of cardiac or renal edema, viz.—pitting on
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