A rare case report-Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa (ENV) A Complication of Obesity

Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa represents longstanding obstruction of the lymphatic drainage, leading eventually to grotesque enlargement of the chronically dependent and immobile parts of the body. Although morphologically comparable with classic filarial elephantiasis, ENV is a seperate, nonparasitic mediated disorder. There are about 8 reported cases of abdominal elephantiasis in the literature. we are reporting a case of ENV in anterior abdominal wall , as a complication of obesity which has been surgically managed