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Cureus
October 2024
Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, JPN.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete (TP) subspecies . Syphilis can be transmitted via contact with infected bodily fluids, such as blood or semen, congenital infection, blood transfusion, or organ transplantation. After a brief incubation period, the disease manifests with signs and symptoms such as genital ulcers, erythematous papules on the palms and soles, fever, and lymphadenopathy.
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August 2024
Department of Gastroenterology, Suzhou Ninth People's Hospital, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
Int J STD AIDS
June 2023
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
We report a case of syphilitic balanitis of Follmann arising in a man with a history of prior infection with syphilis. Few cases have been described in the literature. In our case, a man with history of multiple unprotected sexual contacts presented with erosive balanitis and painless inguinal bilateral lymphadenopathy.
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March 2023
Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Objectives: The range of histopathologic features of gastric syphilis is not well described. Here we describe the clinicopathologic findings of eight patients with syphilitic gastritis.
Methods: A search of our Pathology Data System (2003-2022) and multiple other institutions identified eight patients with syphilitic gastritis.
Medicine (Baltimore)
October 2022
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital, Uruma, Japan.
Rationale: Diagnosing multifactorial, multidimensional symptoms unexplained by presumptive diagnosis is often challenging for infectious disease specialists.
Patient Concerns: We report a rare case of a 30-year-old Japanese bisexual man with a history of virally suppressed human immunodeficiency virus and syphilis infections who developed chest pain and an erosive lesion under the lower midline jaw.
Diagnosis: Imaging examinations revealed erosive lesions on the sternum and left the ninth rib.
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