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Clincal features of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) occur in three stages.
Clincal features of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) occur in three stages.
====First Stage (Primary LGV)====
====First Stage (Primary LGV)====
*Characterized by small, painless papule that may ulcerate
*Characterized by small, painless [[papule]] that may ulcerate
*Appears at site of inoculation
*Frequently unnoticed by patients
*Papule is self-limited<ref name="pmid12081191">{{cite journal| author=Mabey D, Peeling RW| title=Lymphogranuloma venereum. | journal=Sex Transm Infect | year= 2002 | volume= 78 | issue= 2 | pages= 90-2 | pmid=12081191 | doi= | pmc=PMC1744436 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12081191  }} </ref>
*Papule is self-limited<ref name="pmid12081191">{{cite journal| author=Mabey D, Peeling RW| title=Lymphogranuloma venereum. | journal=Sex Transm Infect | year= 2002 | volume= 78 | issue= 2 | pages= 90-2 | pmid=12081191 | doi= | pmc=PMC1744436 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=12081191  }} </ref>


====Second Stage (Secondary LGV)====
====Second Stage (Secondary LGV)====
*Characterized by painful [[lymphodenopathy]]
*Lymphodenopathy most commonly involves [[inguinal]] and/or [[femoral]] [[lymph nodes]]


 
====Third Stage (Tertiary LGV)====
===Third Stage (Tertiary LGV)===


==References==
==References==

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Overview

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Clincal features of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) occur in three stages.

First Stage (Primary LGV)

  • Characterized by small, painless papule that may ulcerate
  • Papule is self-limited[1]

Second Stage (Secondary LGV)

Third Stage (Tertiary LGV)

References

  1. Mabey D, Peeling RW (2002). "Lymphogranuloma venereum". Sex Transm Infect. 78 (2): 90–2. PMC 1744436. PMID 12081191.

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