Volume 30, Number 7—July 2024
Dispatch
Wuchereria bancrofti Lymphatic Filariasis, Barrancabermeja, Colombia, 2023
Figure 1

Figure 1. Images of a 14-year-old patient from Colombia experiencing severe progressive lymphedema caused by a Wuchereria bancrofti nematode infection. A) Patient’s left lower limb, showing generalized lymphedema extending from the foot to the genital region along with erythematous areas involving the left thigh and areas of perimaleolar hypocromia and hypercromia reflective of post-inflammatory trophic skin changes. B) Severe scrotal edema (hydrocele).
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