title: Chlamydial proctitis--unusual presentation as a symptomatic vaginal mass.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011349:Proctitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*