Lymphogranuloma Venereum A Cause of Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Lymphogranuloma Venereum

“…Extragenital inoculation can give rise to lymphadenopathy outside the inguinal region. For example, cervical adenopathy due to LGV has been reported following inoculation during oral sex, 6 and laboratory workers who developed pneumonitis following accidental inhalation of LGV strains of C trachomatis were found to have mediastinal and supraclavicular adenopathy. 7 Ocular inoculation can give rise to a follicular conjunctivitis, often accompanied by preauricular lymphadenopathy.…”

Chlamydia trachomatisin Cervical Lymph Node of Man with Lymphogranuloma Venereum, Croatia, 20141

“…There have been only a few case reports of LGV with associated cervical lymphadenopathy ( 3 – 8 ) ( Table ). Some cases had generalized lymphadenopathy (axillar, supraclavicular, and retroperitoneal) with constitutional symptoms ( 3 ); pharyngitis/odynophagia/proctitis/tongue soreness ( 4 , 7 ); constitutional symptoms ( 5 , 7 ); tonsillitis ( 6 ); or skin lesions ( 8 ). Case reports have also been described of LGV with supraclavicular and mediastinal lymphadenopathy without cervical involvement ( 9 ).…”