Malignant syphilis: ostraceous, ulceronecrotic lesions in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus.
Dermatol Online J
; 23(1)2017 Jan 15.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-28329469
ABSTRACT
We present a 36-year-old HIV-positive man with a sixweek history of spreading, ulcerative, and necroticcutaneous lesions. Laboratory and histopathologicexamination revealed syphilis. This case of malignantsyphilis, also known as lues maligna, is an uncommonvariant of this sexually transmitted infection. This casehighlights the importance of including malignantsyphilis in the differential diagnosis of patientspresenting with a disseminated ulcerative andnecrotic rash, especially in individuals with HIV.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pele
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Úlcera Cutânea
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Sífilis Cutânea
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Infecções por HIV
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article