Lymphogranuloma Venereum
Also written as LGV.
Infection and inflammation: tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, lymphogranuloma venereum, and Crohn disease.
What our notes say
- Infection and inflammation: tuberculosis, schistosomiasis, lymphogranuloma venereum, and Crohn disease. (Junior Clerkship in Reproductive Health (MBOG 4200): end of year examination, 4 )
- Lymphogranuloma venereum: doxycycline 100 mg twice daily for 21 days (Treatment of Infectious Disease: 5-case clinical quiz)
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) — *Chlamydia trachomatis* serovars L1-L3 (small ulcer + painful inguinal lymphadenopathy) (Female & Male Genital Pathology: Ulcers, HPV, Endometriosis, Pre-eclampsia)
- Lymphogranuloma venereum (Chlamydia trachomatis L1-L3) — small painless ulcer, followed by painful lymphadenopathy (General Pathology Revision: Cell Injury, Inflammation & Adaptation (MBPA 3500 Pa)
- Morphology: sarcoid-like granulomas that undergo central neutrophilic necrosis → stellate necrotizing granulomas — similar to those in lymphogranuloma venereum. (White Cell Disorders — Must-Know Notes)
- *Not lymphogranuloma venereum* (LGV - Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1-L3): Would cause prominent inguinal/femoral lymphadenopathy with groove sign (Mbmm3311 – Medical Bacteriology)