Bilateral groove sign with penoscrotal elephantiasis.

Sex Transm Infect

Department of Skin, VD and Leprosy, Pt BDS Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak-124001, Haryana, India.

Published: December 2002

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted disease of the lymph channels caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. Esthiomene, a rare late manifestation of LGV, is a primary infection affecting the lymphatics of scrotum, penis, or vulva. The male genitalia are affected less commonly by esthiomene, but we report a male patient who presented with inguinal syndrome, penoscrotal elephantiasis, along with enlargement of femoral lymph nodes.

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