Lymphogranuloma Venereum

Abstract

To the small group of patients recorded as having acquired lymphogranuloma venereum in Great Britain are added two with the inguinal syndrome seen in the immediate post-primary stage. The cases of two other male patients who illustrate the rare pseudo-appendicitis syndrome, that of a woman with the late anorectal syndrome, and that of a symptomless but probably infectious female patient are also reported. The recent influx of West Indian immigrants of both sexes and the greater likelihood, with the rapidity of air transport, of males reaching Great Britain in the infectious state may make lymphogranuloma venereum a commoner clinical problem in this country. © 1957, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.