Secondary Syphilis with Pleural Effusion: Case Report and Literature Review

Here we present a case of a 38-year-old Indian man with a history of extramarital relationships who presented with pleurisy, skin rash, and radiological findings of pleural effusion. After thorough investigation of the etiology of his acute illness, he was found to be positive for syphilis. Review o...

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Autores principales: Elzouki, Abdel-Naser, Al-Kawaaz, Mustafa, Tafesh, Zaid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/409896
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description Here we present a case of a 38-year-old Indian man with a history of extramarital relationships who presented with pleurisy, skin rash, and radiological findings of pleural effusion. After thorough investigation of the etiology of his acute illness, he was found to be positive for syphilis. Review of literature revealed a small number of case reports of pleural effusion as a manifestation of secondary syphilis. The review of criteria proposed in the literature was utilized to diagnose this patient as a case of pulmonary syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-35308612013-01-09 Secondary Syphilis with Pleural Effusion: Case Report and Literature Review Elzouki, Abdel-Naser Al-Kawaaz, Mustafa Tafesh, Zaid Case Rep Infect Dis Case Report Here we present a case of a 38-year-old Indian man with a history of extramarital relationships who presented with pleurisy, skin rash, and radiological findings of pleural effusion. After thorough investigation of the etiology of his acute illness, he was found to be positive for syphilis. Review of literature revealed a small number of case reports of pleural effusion as a manifestation of secondary syphilis. The review of criteria proposed in the literature was utilized to diagnose this patient as a case of pulmonary syphilis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3530861/ /pubmed/23304580 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/409896 Text en Copyright © 2012 Abdel-Naser Elzouki et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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