Granuloma Inguinale

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE Conyers and Daniels1were the first to describe granuloma venereum as a clinical entity, and they considered it to be a form of lupus. In 1897, Galloway2first called it granuloma inguinale and gave a good description of the pathologic changes. Good clinical descriptions have been given by many writers since that time, including Maitland,3Aragao and Vianna,4Pijper,5Schochet,6and Goodman,7who called attention to the frequency of the disease in the United States. Histologic descriptions were given by Galloway,2Campbell,8Schochet,6and Flu.9In our opinion, the last author has given the most detailed and accurate description of the pathology. Wise10and Maitland3thought that the disease was caused by a spirochete; LeDantec11and Conyers and Daniels1believed it to be a form of tuberculosis; Rabello12considered it