Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 563-565, September 1980

Chronic proctitis in male homosexuals due to lymphogranuloma venereum

  • Joel S. Levine

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Joel S. Levine, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology B-158, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. 9th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80262.
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  • Phillip D. Smith
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  • William R. Brugge

Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado USA

Received 31 December 1979; accepted 31 March 1980.

Abstract 

Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) has been infrequently reported as a cause of proctitis. We report 3 homosexual men with chronic ulcerative proctitis which was cured after therapy for LGV. The complement fixation test for LGV was positive in 2 of the 3 patients.

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PII: 0016-5085(80)90386-8

Gastroenterology
Volume 79, Issue 3 , Pages 563-565, September 1980

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