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The Great Imitator Strikes Again: Syphilis Presenting as “Tongue Changing Colors”

Syphilis is known as the great imitator, making its diagnosis in the emergency department difficult. A 29-year-old male presented with the chief complaint of “my tongue is changing colors.” A syphilis rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test resulted as positive. In primary syphilis, the chancre is the charac...

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Autores principales: Swanson, Jessica, Welch, Janna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4745935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26904314
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1607583