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Lymphogranuloma venereum: biopsy, serology, and molecular biology
D J Kellock1, R Barlow, S K Suvarna
1Department of Genito-urinary Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield.
Genitourinary Medicine
|April 16, 1998
Abstract:
A 21 year old woman presented with painful groin lymphadenopathy and malaise. Lymph node biopsy, to exclude atypical infection and malignancy, suggested the diagnosis of lymphogranuloma venereum. This diagnosis was confirmed by serology and polymerase chain reaction, with the patient subsequently admitting to a casual sexual contact within the United Kingdom. Alternative methods of investigation of this disease are discussed.