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lymphogranuloma
(redirected from lymphogranuloma inguinale)

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lymphogranuloma /lym·pho·gran·u·lo·ma/ (-gran?u-lo´mah) Hodgkin's disease.
lymphogranuloma inguina´le , lymphogranuloma vene´reum a venereal infection due to strains of Chlamydia trachomatis, marked by a primary transient ulcerative lesion of the genitals, followed by acute lymphadenopathy. In men, primary infection on the penis usually leads to inguinal lymphadenitis; in women, primary infection of the labia, vagina, or cervix often leads to hemorrhagic proctocolitis, and may progress to ulcerations, rectal strictures, rectovaginal fistulas, and genital elephantiasis.

lym·pho·gran·u·lo·ma (lmf-grny-lm)
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1. Any of several unrelated diseases in which the pathological processes result in the formation of granulomas or granulomalike lesions, especially in various groups of lymph nodes which then become conspicuously enlarged.
2. Hodgkin's disease. No longer in technical use.

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Other lesions to consider in the differential diagnosis of a scrotal mass include testicular tumor, tuberculosis, sperm granulomas, cysts and less commonly, lymphogranuloma inguinale, granuloma inguinale, filarial granulomas and other fungal diseases.
 
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