LYMPHOPATHIA VENEREUM

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Abstract
In a recent communication by Wolf and Sulzberger,1the use of the name lymphopathia venereum was suggested to replace the original name lymphogranulomatosis inguinalis.2This was done not only because the older name unfortunately bears confusing resemblance to names of other diseases but because it does not embrace many extra-inguinal localizations now recognized as being of identical etiology. A short description of this condition, with emphasis on differential diagnosis and particularly on its sequelae, seems indicated, for it is likely that many cases are passing unrecognized, mainly because of the paucity of information available in the American literature.3Another cause of failure to make this diagnosis is that recognition of the sequelae of lymphopathia venereum in women is rendered all the more difficult for the uninitiated by the fact that they bear no resemblance to the original clinical picture described and are usually not preceded by manifest,

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