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Oral findings in secondary syphilis

BACKGROUND: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. However, there are of hematogenic and vertical transmission. All health care professionals must be aware of the manifestations of this condition, such as oral lesions. OBJECTIVES: This study to analyze and compare f...

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Autores principales: de Andrade, Rodrigo-Soares, de Freitas, Edimilson-Martins, Rocha, Breno-Amaral, Gusmão, Edson-da Silva, Filho, Mário-Rodrigues-Melo, Júnior, Hercílio-Martelli
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Publicado: Medicina Oral S.L. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29476680
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.22196
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Júnior, Hercílio-Martelli
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description BACKGROUND: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. However, there are of hematogenic and vertical transmission. All health care professionals must be aware of the manifestations of this condition, such as oral lesions. OBJECTIVES: This study to analyze and compare four clinical cases of syphilis that were diagnosed based on lesions in the oral cavity with published literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Four patients with a confirmed sorologic and clinical diagnosis of syphilis were examined, confirmated from manifestation of oral lesions together with analysis of serological laboratory tests and histopathological analyses. RESULTS: Lesions were found in classic sites such as lips, tongue and skin. However, there were also lesions on the hard palate, and labial commissure, which correspond to less than 5% of the syphilis oral manifestations. CONCLUSIONS: The practice of unprotected oral sex may result in infection and development of syphilis. The acknowledgment of the oral manifestations of syphilis in all its period of training for health professionals is of basic importance, the association of clinical features, histopathological findings and serological tests are required to complete the diagnosis and correct treatment. Key words:Oral syphilis, treponema infections, secondary syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-59113652018-04-25 Oral findings in secondary syphilis de Andrade, Rodrigo-Soares de Freitas, Edimilson-Martins Rocha, Breno-Amaral Gusmão, Edson-da Silva Filho, Mário-Rodrigues-Melo Júnior, Hercílio-Martelli Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal Research BACKGROUND: Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. However, there are of hematogenic and vertical transmission. All health care professionals must be aware of the manifestations of this condition, such as oral lesions. OBJECTIVES: This study to analyze and compare four clinical cases of syphilis that were diagnosed based on lesions in the oral cavity with published literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Four patients with a confirmed sorologic and clinical diagnosis of syphilis were examined, confirmated from manifestation of oral lesions together with analysis of serological laboratory tests and histopathological analyses. RESULTS: Lesions were found in classic sites such as lips, tongue and skin. However, there were also lesions on the hard palate, and labial commissure, which correspond to less than 5% of the syphilis oral manifestations. CONCLUSIONS: The practice of unprotected oral sex may result in infection and development of syphilis. The acknowledgment of the oral manifestations of syphilis in all its period of training for health professionals is of basic importance, the association of clinical features, histopathological findings and serological tests are required to complete the diagnosis and correct treatment. Key words:Oral syphilis, treponema infections, secondary syphilis. Medicina Oral S.L. 2018-03 2018-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5911365/ /pubmed/29476680 http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.22196 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Medicina Oral S.L. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of 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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Rocha, Breno-Amaral
Gusmão, Edson-da Silva
Filho, Mário-Rodrigues-Melo
Júnior, Hercílio-Martelli
Oral findings in secondary syphilis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5911365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29476680
http://dx.doi.org/10.4317/medoral.22196
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