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REPORT OF A CASE OF TWENTY MONTHS' DURATION, WITH AUTOPSY OBSERVATIONS

JOHN A. HILLSMAN, M.D.; H. F. WILSHUSEN, M.D.; H. M. ZIMMERMAN, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1928;18(3):383-392.

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In 1913, Nicolas, Durand and Favre¹ reported a series of cases of inguinal adenitis to which they gave the name lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis, and which they described as a specific genital disease, a clinical entity which had heretofore been observed in tropical countries and which was called "climatic bubo" or "strumous buboes of the groin." During the following ten years, further literature on the subject did not appear. In 1923, following a second report by Nicolas and Favre, numerous cases were recognized, and there was a belief that the disease might have been brought into Europe by the colonial troops during the recent war. Considerable confusion soon arose in the literature because of the similarity in terminology to other forms of lymphogranuloma, so that cases of granuloma inguinale and even Hodgkin's disease were confused with it in certain reports. Numerous careful studies have been made in Europe on a large . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW HAVEN, CONN.

From the Departments of Surgery and Pathology, New Haven Hospital and Yale University, School of Medicine.

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