In 1933, Sir Aldo Castellani presented a paper suggesting using the term Elephantiasis Verrucosa Nostra (EVN) to indicate nonfiliarial forms of elephantiasis.  He suggested that the term should be used in a “very relaxed way” to denote all kinds of conditions of different etiology including elephantoid conditions due to climatic bubo, syphilis, tuberculosis and tumors. … Read more »