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Elephantiasis is a symptom of a variety of diseases, where parts of a person's body swell to massive proportions. 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elephantiasis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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