Acral pebbles: A novel manifestation of partially treated syphilis

Atypical manifestations in syphilis are known and pose a diagnostic dilemma. Early suspicion, timely investigations, diagnosis, and treatment, is the key to successful management. We report a patient of secondary syphilis, who presented as genital ulcer and small pebbles like eruptions on the palmar...

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Autores principales: Zawar, Vijay, Goyal, Tarang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389225/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28442813
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.203431
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description Atypical manifestations in syphilis are known and pose a diagnostic dilemma. Early suspicion, timely investigations, diagnosis, and treatment, is the key to successful management. We report a patient of secondary syphilis, who presented as genital ulcer and small pebbles like eruptions on the palmar aspect of his fingers.
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spelling pubmed-53892252017-04-25 Acral pebbles: A novel manifestation of partially treated syphilis Zawar, Vijay Goyal, Tarang Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report Atypical manifestations in syphilis are known and pose a diagnostic dilemma. Early suspicion, timely investigations, diagnosis, and treatment, is the key to successful management. We report a patient of secondary syphilis, who presented as genital ulcer and small pebbles like eruptions on the palmar aspect of his fingers. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5389225/ /pubmed/28442813 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.203431 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS 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-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5389225/
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