Syphilitic Hepatitis: An Uncommon Manifestation of a Common Disease

Hepatitis being first manifestation of secondary syphilis is rare. Here in we report a case of 39 years old male who was being treated for hepatitis and presented to us subsequently with itchy maculopapular rash. Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) titre was 1:16. Treponema pallidum hemagglu...

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Autores principales: Baveja, Sukriti, Garg, Shilpa, Rajdeo, Amol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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E-Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3969699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24700957
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.127711
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description Hepatitis being first manifestation of secondary syphilis is rare. Here in we report a case of 39 years old male who was being treated for hepatitis and presented to us subsequently with itchy maculopapular rash. Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) titre was 1:16. Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay (TPHA) was positive. He was treated with intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin. His hepatitis improved rapidly.
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spelling pubmed-39696992014-04-03 Syphilitic Hepatitis: An Uncommon Manifestation of a Common Disease Baveja, Sukriti Garg, Shilpa Rajdeo, Amol Indian J Dermatol E-Case Report Hepatitis being first manifestation of secondary syphilis is rare. Here in we report a case of 39 years old male who was being treated for hepatitis and presented to us subsequently with itchy maculopapular rash. Venereal disease research laboratory (VDRL) titre was 1:16. Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay (TPHA) was positive. He was treated with intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin. His hepatitis improved rapidly. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC3969699/ /pubmed/24700957 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.127711 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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