A 20-year-old Ethiopian woman presents with vulval elephantiasis. She has never left Ethiopia and has no evidence of filarial infection on blood film ...

Question

A 20-year-old Ethiopian woman presents with vulval elephantiasis. She has never left Ethiopia and has no evidence of filarial infection on blood film or antigen testing. What is the most likely cause of her non-filarial elephantiasis?

Accepted Answer

Podoconiosis (non-infectious geochemical lymphoedema from barefoot exposure to volcanic soil)

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Congenital lymphoedema (Milroy's disease)

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Lymphogranuloma venereum

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Tuberculosis of inguinal lymph nodes

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Kaposi sarcoma

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Podoconiosis

A 20-year-old Ethiopian woman presents with vulval elephantiasis. She has never left Ethiopia and has no evidence of filarial infection on blood film or antigen testing. What is the most likely cause of her non-filarial elephantiasis?