Lipschütz ulcer and group A streptococcal tonsillitis

Limão, S; Ventura, A; Queirós, G; Cunha, F

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Lipschütz ulcers (LU) are non-sexually related genital ulcers, rarely reported. We describe a healthy 11-year-old girl, who presented with fever and a painful vulvar ulcer associated with erythematous tonsillitis. Throat swab test for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) was positive. She was treated with amoxicillin. Further investigation was negative, including Herpes Simplex virus DNA from ulcer swab and serology for Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Antistreptolysin O titre was high. The ulcer healed in 2 weeks, with no recurrence in a 1 year follow-up period. The association of LU with GAS tonsillitis is very rare.

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Doenças dos Genitais Femininos Úlcera Tonsilite Infecções Estreptocócicas Streptococcus pyogenes

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/23111

Citation

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Jun 6;2018. pii: bcr-2017-223579.

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10.1136/bcr-2017-223579

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