Alopecia syphilitica: report of two cases in Geneva.

Dermatology

Department of Dermatology, DHURDV, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.

Published: September 2001

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Two patients with alopecia syphilitica are presented. Moth-eaten alopecia is the most typical look of secondary syphilis on the scalp. With the decrease in syphilis cases in western countries, this rarer clinical manifestation tends to be misdiagnosed.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000051688DOI Listing

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