Sclerosing granuloma inguinale.

Donovanosis (Granuloma Inguinale, Granuloma Venereum) (WHO)

Studies on Granuloma Inguinale. Vi. Two Cases of Perianal Granuloma Inguinale in Male Homosexuals.

The method of transmission of granuloma inguinale is uncertain but there is an increasing amount of data which indicate that Donovania granulomatis, the organism associated with the disease, has a faecal habitat. One link in the chain of evidence of faecal transmission is the occurrence of granuloma inguinale in male homosexuals, in whom the lesions may be confined to the perianal region. Marme...

Granuloma inguinale of cervical lymph nodes simulating tuberculous lymphadenitis: two case reports and review of published reports.

Granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) is commonly thought to be a superficial disease, which spreads by continuity and does not affect the regional lymph nodes. Two patients with the disease affecting lymph nodes in the neck are reported from a series of 108 seen in a continuing study of granuloma inguinale. An immunofluorescent antibody test is described that showed antigenic relatedness between t...

Granuloma inguinale of the cervix: a carcinoma look-alike.

Granuloma inguinale of the cervix presents as a proliferative growth and may mimic carcinoma. Over a 3 year period 18 patients with cervical granuloma inguinale were detected. Nine (50%) had a clinical diagnosis of carcinoma of the cervix on admission, five of whom had extensive investigations to exclude a malignancy. In communities where these two conditions are commonly seen it is recommended...

Primary endometrial and endocervical granuloma inguinale (donovanosis). Case report.

Primary endometrial and endocervical granuloma inguinale (donovanosis) was diagnosed in an 18-year-old Melanesian woman in Papua New Guinea. Granulomatous involvement of the parametrium, salpinges, ovaries, and ureters was associated with ureteric obstruction and bilateral hydronephrosis. Granuloma inguinale of the cervix, labia majora, and anus developed after diagnostic endometrial curettage....