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Department of Neurosurgery, The Ganzhou Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China.
Background: Cerebral syphilitic gumma (CSG), a rare manifestation of neurosyphilis, presents characteristics akin to intracranial tumors, often leading to clinical misdiagnosis.
Objective: This study aimed to summarize the clinical experience in diagnosing and treating CSG.
Materials And Methods: The present study conducted a retrospective analysis of clinical data, encompassing the baseline characteristics, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of eight patients with CSG who were treated and diagnosed by our institution.
[Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Monitoring Approach in Suspected Neurosyphilis: Proposal for a Clinical Guideline].
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December 2024
Serviço de Doenças Infeciosas. Unidade Local de Saúde de São João. Porto; Departamento de Medicina. Faculdade de Medicina. Universidade do Porto. Porto. Portugal.
This clinical guideline was designed to serve as a hospital guide in the diagnostic, therapeutic, and monitoring approach to neurosyphilis, considering whether there is positivity or not for the human immunodeficiency virus. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted notifiable disease, known as the great imitator. In around 30% of cases of untreated disease, there is a persistent central nervous system infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescription of clinical cases and available diagnostic tools of oropharyngeal syphilis: a systematic review of the literature.
BMC Infect Dis
November 2024
Otolaryngology and Audiology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Introduction: Syphilis is a systemic bacterial infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Head and neck mucosal manifestations of syphilis can be observed in each and all of primary, secondary and tertiary syphilis, especially in the secondary one. Therefore, oropharynx is an unusual localization of syphilitic lesions, mainly represented by ulcerous lesions, tissue hypertrophy, mucosal patches and cancer-like lesions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRare presentation of rapidly progressive tertiary syphilis in AIDS: a case report of syphilitic gumma.
Lancet Infect Dis
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Department of Dermatology, Northwest Hospital, The Second Hospital Affiliated to Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China. Electronic address:
Syphilitic gumma presenting as squamous cell carcinoma of Vulva: A case report.
Gynecol Oncol Rep
October 2024
Louisiana State University, New Orleans, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, USA.
Introduction: Tertiary syphilis, a late form of the disease with neurologic, cutaneous, and cardiovascular manifestations, is rarely seen in the United States in modern times. Also called the "great imitator," syphilis tends to mimic other disease processes, which can lead to a delay in proper diagnosis and treatment.
Case: We present the case of a 59-year-old woman who presented for evaluation of possible squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva.
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