title: [Stenosing anal mass and venereal lymphogranuloma].
abstract: Anorectal stricture or stenosis can be one of the late manifestations of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) and presents symptoms, clinical and/or radiological aspects indistinguishable from rectal neoplasia. In such cases the differential diagnosis of chronic LGV is seldom considered initially. We describe the case of a white male patient travelling frequently to Thaïland, in whom the diagnosis of chronic anorectal LGV was established after exclusion of other causes, in the presence of a positive serology and with a complex clinical and radiological response after 6 weeks' treatment with tetracyclines. We also review a series of similar cases in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Clinique et policlinique de dermatologie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Genève.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jeanprêtre
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harms
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Saurat
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008219:Lymphogranuloma Venereum / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011349:Proctitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Masse anale sténosante et lymphogranulome vénérien.