[Vulvar pseudolymphoma: detection of infection by Borrelia burgdorferi using polymerase chain reaction]

Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch. 1998;38(3):143-5. doi: 10.1159/000022252.
[Article in German]

Abstract

We report on a 42-year-old patient with a vulvar pseudolymphoma in association with an infection with Borrelia burgdorferi. The diagnosis was made using PCR amplification on a paraffin-embedded tissue sample. The lesions healed completely within 3 weeks of oral doxycycline therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Borrelia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Borrelia Infections / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Pseudolymphoma / diagnosis*
  • Pseudolymphoma / pathology
  • Vulva / pathology
  • Vulvar Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Vulvar Diseases / pathology