A 20-year-old woman from Burkina Faso presents with painless vulval swelling. She has no evidence of filariasis or podoconiosis. She has had multiple ...

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A 20-year-old woman from Burkina Faso presents with painless vulval swelling. She has no evidence of filariasis or podoconiosis. She has had multiple episodes of sexually transmitted infections. Biopsy shows dilated lymphatics with fibrosis. Chlamydia trachomatis serology is positive for L-serovars. What is the diagnosis?

Accepted Answer

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) with chronic lymphatic obstruction leading to genital elephantiasis (esthiomene)

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Lymphatic filariasis

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Granuloma inguinale

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Podoconiosis

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Congenital lymphoedema

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): LGV Genital Elephantiasis