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Pierre-Yves Mathonet1, Antoine Altdorfer2, Benoît Pirotte2
1Infectious Diseases Department, CHR Citadelle Hospital Liège, Liège, Belgium. pyves.mathonet@gmail.com.
Abstract:
We hereby describe the case of a giant scrotal elephantiasis due to infection by Wuchereria bancrofti, imported in Belgium. We briefly discuss diagnostic methods, their subtlety, and therapeutic possibilities.

