Lymphogranuloma venereum and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an uncommon, contagious, sexually transmitted disease (STD). We report a case of a 17-year-old teenager who presented with a 2-month-old ulcerous vegetant lesion in the right inguinal region. The patient was diagnosed with LGV and received erythromycin treatment. Th...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Mauro Romero Leal Passos, Wilma Nancy Campos Arze, Felipe Dinau Leal Passos, Priscilla Frauches Madureira de Faria, Renata Queiroz Varella, Mariana Dinau Leal Passos, Dennis de Carvalho Ferreira
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
Subjects:
Linfogranuloma venéreo
Linfoma não Hodgkin
DST
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000300029
https://doaj.org/article/3f1809e29fec4a4b8ecd5a5675b14acc
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Summary:Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is an uncommon, contagious, sexually transmitted disease (STD). We report a case of a 17-year-old teenager who presented with a 2-month-old ulcerous vegetant lesion in the right inguinal region. The patient was diagnosed with LGV and received erythromycin treatment. Three months after treatment, he presented with a new ulcerous lesion, very similar to the previous one, in the right supraclavicular region. He was diagnosed with a diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Both diseases are rare in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil, and physicians should not neglect the possibility of STDs in such cases.

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