title: Lymphogranuloma venereum conjunctivitis with a marginal corneal perforation.
abstract: The authors have recently treated a case of Parinaud's oculoglandular syndrome due to Chlamydia trachomatis serotype L2, a causative agent of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). The ocular manifestations included a mixed papillary-follicular conjunctivitis with fleshy superior limbal lesions in both eyes. A superior marginal corneal perforation requiring a therapeutic corneal graft was present in the right eye. The patient had vaginitis, inguinal lymphadenopathy, a history of Sjögren's syndrome, and seropositivity to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The ocular disease resolved completely after 6 weeks of oral tetracycline therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, FL 33101.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Buus
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pflugfelder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schachter
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Forster
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003231:Conjunctivitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000150:complications*