title: [Vulvar pseudolymphoma: detection of infection by Borrelia burgdorferi using polymerase chain reaction].
abstract: We report on a 42-year-old patient with a vulvar pseudolymphoma in association with an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. The diagnosis was made using PCR amplification on a paraffin-embedded tissue sample. The lesions healed completely within 3 weeks of oral doxycycline therapy.
authors.affiliation: Maternité Inselhof Triemli, Stadtspital Triemli, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: von Orelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schnarwyler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maurer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirsch
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: von Castelberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001899:Borrelia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019310:Pseudolymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014844:Vulva / Q000473:pathology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology