Elephantiasis

Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases, where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions.

A female with Elephantiasis tropica

Some conditions that have this symptom include:

• Elephantiasis nostras, due to longstanding chronic lymphangitis
• Elephantiasis tropica or lymphatic filariasis, caused by a number of parasitic worms, particularly Wuchereria bancrofti
• Nonfilarial elephantiasis or podoconiosis, an immune disease affecting the lymph vessels
• Elephantiasis, Grade 4 lymphedema
• Genital elephantiasis, end result of lymphogranuloma venereum
• Proteus syndrome, the genetic disorder of the so-called Elephant Man