Syphilitic and lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctocolitis: Clues to a frequently missed diagnosis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-46

  Arnold, Christina A ^a   Limketkai, Berkeley N ^b   Illei, Peter B ^b   Montgomery, Elizabeth ^b   Voltaggio, Lysandra ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed (FTA ABS); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV); men who have sex with men (MSM); proctocolitis; sexually transmitted infections (STI); syphilis; Treponema pallidum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTERITIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCTOCOLITIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

ADULT; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTOCOLITIS; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84871619268     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31826a523e     Document Type: Article

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