A Case of Secondary Syphilis with the Extragenital Chancre of the Lips and Tongue

A 18-year-old male presented with ulcers of lips and tongue and erythema of trunk of more than a month duration. Laboratory examinations for syphilis showed that TRUST (+) 1:32, TPPA (+), and HIV antibodies were negative. Combined with his case history and signs, he was diagnosed with secondary syph...

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Autores principales: Li, Dan, Zhang, Ming, Yin, Jilai, Chen, Kai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10426441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37588108
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S411552
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description A 18-year-old male presented with ulcers of lips and tongue and erythema of trunk of more than a month duration. Laboratory examinations for syphilis showed that TRUST (+) 1:32, TPPA (+), and HIV antibodies were negative. Combined with his case history and signs, he was diagnosed with secondary syphilis with chancre of lips and tongue and was cured by injecting benzathine penicillin 2.4 million U into gluteal muscles on both sides once a week for three times. After a month, the erythema and chancre disappeared. Three months later, the TRUST test was positive, the titer was 1:8, and the TPPA was positive.
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spelling pubmed-104264412023-08-16 A Case of Secondary Syphilis with the Extragenital Chancre of the Lips and Tongue Li, Dan Zhang, Ming Yin, Jilai Chen, Kai Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol Case Report A 18-year-old male presented with ulcers of lips and tongue and erythema of trunk of more than a month duration. Laboratory examinations for syphilis showed that TRUST (+) 1:32, TPPA (+), and HIV antibodies were negative. Combined with his case history and signs, he was diagnosed with secondary syphilis with chancre of lips and tongue and was cured by injecting benzathine penicillin 2.4 million U into gluteal muscles on both sides once a week for three times. After a month, the erythema and chancre disappeared. Three months later, the TRUST test was positive, the titer was 1:8, and the TPPA was positive. Dove 2023-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10426441/ /pubmed/37588108 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CCID.S411552 Text en © 2023 Li et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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