A clinicopathological study of granuloma inguinale in Barbados

The clinicopathological features of fifteen cases of granuloma inguinale diagnosed over a six-year period (1980-1985) are reported. The biopsy sites included cervix uteri, penis, vulva, perineum, anus, endometrium and vaginal wall, in decreassisng order of frequency. The incidence was roughly equal in both sexes with an age range of 16-78 years. In females, the msot frequent clinical diagnosis was carcinoma. The findings indicate that the clinical and histopatological diagnosis of granuloma inguinale entails a high degree of suspcion in a community where the disease in uncommon