Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient

Syphilis ocular manifestations can occur at any stage of the disease and involve almost any ocular structure. In this case report, we present a very rare conjunctival affectation that was the primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV-positive male patient. The diagnosis was supported by the serologic test,...

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Autores principales: Boned Fustel, Paula, Ruiz, Uriel Rodrigo Butron, Sarrió, Mercedes Hurtado
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10433046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602188
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_88_22
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author Boned Fustel, Paula
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description Syphilis ocular manifestations can occur at any stage of the disease and involve almost any ocular structure. In this case report, we present a very rare conjunctival affectation that was the primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV-positive male patient. The diagnosis was supported by the serologic test, the dark-field microscopy of the lesion, and the exceptional treatment response.
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spelling pubmed-104330462023-08-18 Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient Boned Fustel, Paula Ruiz, Uriel Rodrigo Butron Sarrió, Mercedes Hurtado Oman J Ophthalmol Case Report Syphilis ocular manifestations can occur at any stage of the disease and involve almost any ocular structure. In this case report, we present a very rare conjunctival affectation that was the primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV-positive male patient. The diagnosis was supported by the serologic test, the dark-field microscopy of the lesion, and the exceptional treatment response. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10433046/ /pubmed/37602188 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_88_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Oman Ophthalmic Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
title Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
title_full Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
title_fullStr Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
title_full_unstemmed Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
title_short Granulomatous lesion in the caruncle: Primary syphilitic lesion in a HIV male patient
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10433046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602188
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ojo.ojo_88_22
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