Case Report: Extreme Elephantiasis.

F-J. Schingale, Lymphologie in Forschung und Praxis, Special Edition February 1999

33 year old female patient with monstrous elephantiasis with primary lymphedema, which began at age 9 with increasing leg size, bedridden since 1992. The only treatment attempt in 17 years was exploratory surgery consisting of opening the entire left leg laterally. The patient began treatment in the Lympho-Opt Clinic on 28 January, 1999. On 4 March, 1999, the patient walked outside the building after 17 years of being housebound. She was discharged after six months with a volume reduction of 81.2 kg!

Keywords: primary lymphedema, elephantiasis, lymphedema therapy.