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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0138-600X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Obstet Ginecol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0138-600X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0138-600X2019000200014</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Elefantiasis vulvar por filarias]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vulvar Elephantiasis by Filarias]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sánchez Redonet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edel Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salas Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Facultad de Ciencias Médicas &#8220;Julio Trigo López&#8221; Hospital Materno Infantil &#8220;Ángel Arturo Aballí&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Ginecobstétrico &#8220;América Arias&#8221; Facultad de Ciencias Médicas General &#8220;Calixto García Iñiguez&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[La Habana ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>45</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0138-600X2019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0138-600X2019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0138-600X2019000200014&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En el año 2000, había más de 120 millones de personas infectadas por filarias en el mundo; unos 40 millones están desfiguradas e incapacitadas por la enfermedad. La infestación de los ganglios linfáticos por el parásito Wuchereira bancrofti, es la causa más frecuente del linfedema secundario. Se presenta un caso inusual de elefantiasis vulvar por filariasis. Se analizan las alternativas terapéuticas que incluyen el tratamiento farmacológico y quirúrgico, con el fin de considerar esta última como un tratamiento paliativo más que curativo tanto para el linfedema como para la cirugía reconstructiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT In 2000, there were more than 120 million people infected by filarias in the world; some 40 million are disfigured and disabled by the disease. Infestation of the lymph nodes by Wuchereira bancrofti parasite is the most frequent cause of secondary lymphoedema. An unusual case of vulvar elephantiasis due to filariasis is reprted in this paper. The therapeutic alternatives that include pharmacological and surgical treatment are analyzed, in order to consider the latter as a palliative rather than a curative treatment both for lymphedema and for reconstructive surgery.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[linfedema]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[elefantiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[genitales femeninos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[filariasis linfática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lymphedema]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[elephantiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[female genitals]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lymphatic filariasis]]></kwd>
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