Chlamydial proctitis--unusual presentation as a symptomatic vaginal mass.
Chlamydial cervicitis and salpingitis are being increasingly diagnosed and reported, but chlamydial proctitis is an unusual problem to be found in gynecologic practice. In the reported patient who gave a history of rectal intercourse and presented with a symptomatic vaginal mass, a diagnosis of chlamydial proctitis was made on the basis of biopsy histology, specific monoclonal antibody-immunoperoxidase chlamydia assay, and response to doxycycline therapy.
D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011349:Proctitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*