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A MAN with a severely swollen penis received a shock diagnosis after suffering in silence for 17 years.
The 72-year-old had lived with swelling in his leg, scrotum and penis – which made his member look partially erect – for almost two decades before doctors got to the root of its cause.
His curious symptoms were first spotted when he was hospitalised.
Medics noticed excess fluid in his leg, causing swelling that didn’t indent when pressure was applied to it.
A visit to a dermatology clinic in Basel, Switzerland, later also revealed swelling in his penis and scrotum.
After a number of tests, the man was found to be infected with microscopic, thread-like worms that were causing inflammation in his private parts and leg.
He was diagnosed with chronic lymphatic filariasis, a case report in the …
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