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ROBERT B. GREENBLATT, M.D.; RICHARD TORPIN, M.D.; EDGAR R. PUND, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1938;38(3):358-362.

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Granuloma inguinale, as the name implies, is a granulomatous process which usually occupies the inguinal region. The well known proclivity of the disease for the external genitalia has earned for it a place in the category of venereal diseases. Its venereal origin, however, has never been absolutely proved.

The development of granuloma inguinale is not confined to the external genitalia, the vagina, the perineum, the buttocks and the groin. It may occur primarily on the cervix. The recognition of this fact is of utmost importance in the differentiation of carcinoma of the cervix uteri, which it closely simulates.¹ Recently there was recorded a case of granuloma inguinale of the uterus, tubes and ovaries.²

EXTRAGENITAL SITES

It has long been known that extragenital lesions occur. In 1905 Donovan³ was struck by the granuloma-like appearance of the lesions in the mouth of a boy in a ward. Scrapings . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
AUGUSTA, GA.

From the Departments of Pathology and Gynecology, University of Georgia School of Medicine.

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