| elephantiasis telangiectodes | Hypertrophy of the skin and subcutaneous tissues accompanied by and dependent upon dilation of the blood vessels. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| purpura annularis telangiectodes | Asymptomatic annular lesions, principally of the lower extremities of adolescent males, in which the peripheral portion is composed of purpura or petechiae with brawny staining of haemosiderin deposits and minute telangiectasia. Synonym: Majocchi's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| neuroma telangiectodes | A neurofibroma with a conspicuous number of blood vessels, some of which have unusually large lumens (in proportion to the thickness of the walls). Traumatic neuroma, the non-neoplastic proliferative mass of Schwann cells and neurites that may develop at the proximal end of a severed or injured nerve. Synonym: amputation neuroma, false neuroma, pseudoneuroma. Verneuil's neuroma, a nodular enlargement of the cutaneous nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| telangiectodes | A term used to qualify highly vascular tumours. Origin: telangiectasis + G. -odes, fr. Eidos, resemblance (05 Mar 2000) |
| gingival elephantiasis | A fibrous hyperplasia of the gingiva. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital elephantiasis | Congenital enlargement of one or more of the limbs or other parts, due to dilation of the lymphatics. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nevoid elephantiasis | Thickening of skin, usually unilateral, involving a small area or the entire extremity, due to congenital enlargement of lymph vessels and lymph vessel obstruction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elephantiasis | <medicine> A disease of the skin, in which it become enormously thickened, and is rough, hard, and fissured, like an elephant's hide. Origin: L, fr. Gr, from, an elephant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| elephantiasis, filarial | Parasitic infestation of the human lymphatic system by wuchereria bancrofti or brugia malayi. It is also called lymphatic filariasis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| elephantiasis neuromatosa | Enlargement of a limb due to diffuse neurofibromatosis of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elephantiasis scroti | Brawny swelling of the scrotum as a result of chronic lymphatic obstruction. Synonym: chyloderma, lymph scrotum, parasitic chylocele. (05 Mar 2000) |
| elephantiasis vulvae | Swelling of the vulval tissues due to lymphatic obstruction; in some cases it may be caused by filariasis, with induration or ulceration of the skin. Synonym: elephantiasis vulvae. (05 Mar 2000) |