RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa (ENV): A Complication of Congestive Heart Failure and Obesity
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 413
OP 417
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2010.03.090139
VO 23
IS 3
A1 Drew Baird
A1 David Bode
A1 Troy Akers
A1 Zachariah DeYoung
YR 2010
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/23/3/413.abstract
AB Congestive heart failure (CHF) and obesity are common medical conditions that have many complications and an increasing incidence in the United States. Presented here is a case of a disfiguring skin condition that visually highlights the dermatologic consequences of poorly controlled CHF and obesity. This condition will probably become more common as CHF and obesity increase in the US.