A 47-year-old male presented to us with tender bilateral inguinal swelling with tenderness over the left inguinal lymphadenopathy and ulcer over the scrotum simulating a lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). Detailed history, clinical examination, and microbiological and histopathological investigations led to a diagnosis of nodular lepromatous leprosy. The patient was started on MB-MBT (adult) as per World Health Organization guidelines. There was a remarkable improvement seen over the genital swelling in the form of a decrease in size and tenderness. We are presenting the case of lepromatous leprosy which mimicked bubos of LGV because of atypical morphology.
BT - Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS DA - 09/2026 DO - 10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_210_25 LA - ENG M3 - Article N2 -A 47-year-old male presented to us with tender bilateral inguinal swelling with tenderness over the left inguinal lymphadenopathy and ulcer over the scrotum simulating a lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV). Detailed history, clinical examination, and microbiological and histopathological investigations led to a diagnosis of nodular lepromatous leprosy. The patient was started on MB-MBT (adult) as per World Health Organization guidelines. There was a remarkable improvement seen over the genital swelling in the form of a decrease in size and tenderness. We are presenting the case of lepromatous leprosy which mimicked bubos of LGV because of atypical morphology.
PB - Ovid PY - 2026 SP - 1 EP - 3 T2 - Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS TI - Massive inguinal swellings with scrotal ulcers in a case of lepromatous leprosy: Mimicker of lymphogranuloma venereum UR - https://www.ovid.com/jnls/ijst/pdf/10.4103/ijstd.ijstd_210_25~massive-inguinal-swellings-with-scrotal-ulcers-in-a-case-of ER -