TY  - JOUR
T1  - ELephantiasis a sequel of removal of the inguinal glands.
Y1  - 1899/07/08
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450540053021
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 109
EP  - 109
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 2
N2  - A rare but very important sequel of removal of the inguinal glands has been brought to the attention of surgeons by Hamann in a paper before the Ohio State Medical Society. He reports in detail one case, occurring in a woman operated on for the radical cure of femoral hernia, in which incidentally some of the saphenous and inguinal lymph-glands were removed, and also notes having seen three cases following removal of the inguinal glands for adenitis. While this complication is rare, it is of such grave importance to the surgeon that it should always be considered when operating in this region, and it may well be that, once attention is drawn to this curious complication, it may prove not to be so rare. Clinically the cases in a few days or a few weeks after operation suffered with acute and recurrent attacks of lymphangitis with lymphatic edema, due to
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450540053021
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450540053021
ER  -