[Liver involvement in early secondary syphilis]. / Porazhenie pecheni pri vtorichnom svezhem sifilise.

Two patients with secondary new syphilis are described, abusing alcohol, developing early syphilitic hepatitis. The manifestations of this condition are similar to those of viral hepatitis. This necessitates a thorough examination of the skin integument, visible mucosae, genitals and perianal area, and of the peripheral lymph nodes in the patients with suspected viral hepatitis, in order to timely detect a possible liver involvement in Treponema infection. When such patients consult a doctor, specific serologic tests should be carried out and case history be carefully recorded.