Gastric syphilis - Case report

Gastric syphilis is an uncommon extracutaneous manifestation of syphilis, occurring in less than 1% of patients, presenting nonspecific clinical manifestations. In general, it occurs on secondary stage. The critical point is the recognition of the syphilitic gastric involvement, without which there...

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Autores principales: Guimarães, Tais Ferreira, Novis, Camila Freitas Lobo, Bottino, Caroline Bertolini, D'Acri, Antonio Macedo, Lima, Ricardo Barbosa, Martins, Carlos José
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27828649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164174
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author Guimarães, Tais Ferreira
Novis, Camila Freitas Lobo
Bottino, Caroline Bertolini
D'Acri, Antonio Macedo
Lima, Ricardo Barbosa
Martins, Carlos José
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description Gastric syphilis is an uncommon extracutaneous manifestation of syphilis, occurring in less than 1% of patients, presenting nonspecific clinical manifestations. In general, it occurs on secondary stage. The critical point is the recognition of the syphilitic gastric involvement, without which there may be incorrect diagnosis of malignancy of the digestive tract. In this report, a case of secondary syphilis with gastric involvement that had complete remission with benzathine penicillin will be described.
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spelling pubmed-50872342016-11-01 Gastric syphilis - Case report Guimarães, Tais Ferreira Novis, Camila Freitas Lobo Bottino, Caroline Bertolini D'Acri, Antonio Macedo Lima, Ricardo Barbosa Martins, Carlos José An Bras Dermatol Case Report Gastric syphilis is an uncommon extracutaneous manifestation of syphilis, occurring in less than 1% of patients, presenting nonspecific clinical manifestations. In general, it occurs on secondary stage. The critical point is the recognition of the syphilitic gastric involvement, without which there may be incorrect diagnosis of malignancy of the digestive tract. In this report, a case of secondary syphilis with gastric involvement that had complete remission with benzathine penicillin will be described. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5087234/ /pubmed/27828649 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20164174 Text en ©2016 by Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5087234/
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