A 37-year-old member asked:
What's the difference between radical mastectomy and elephantiasis?
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Dr. Mark Hoepfneranswered
Surgery 41 years experience
Not the same: Mastectomy is breast surgery for breast cancer. Elephantiasis is a rare condition of lymphatic disease causing severe swelling, mostly affecting the leg, rarely occurs in the us.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Why might it be that it be a radical mastectomy instead of elephantiasis?
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Dr. Regina Hamptonanswered
Breast Surgery 25 years experience
Not clear: Can you repeat your question in a different way? It is unclear what you are asking. Have a great day.
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A 49-year-old member asked:
Please explain why would it be a radical mastectomy instead of elephantiasis?
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Dr. Addagada Raoanswered
General Surgery 58 years experience
Unrelated: Radical mastectomy , for cancer where chest walk muscles also taken with breast and lymph nodes no longer being done . Elephantiasis is condition seen in tropics , filarial infection , lymph vessels are completely blocked result in fluid accumulation , leg looks like elephant leg . Other disease when lymph is blocked will have similar appearance
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