Gastric syphilis: The great imitator in the stomach

Syphilis is resurging worldwide. Here, we present the case of a 33-year-old heterosexual man who presented with a 3-week history of epigastric pain, nausea, emesis, and 8 kg weight loss. He was subsequently diagnosed with gastric syphilis, based on reactive syphilis serological testing and Treponema...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Koh, Hatakeyama, Shuji, Umezawa, Masami, Hayashi, Seishu
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.015
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author Okamoto, Koh
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description Syphilis is resurging worldwide. Here, we present the case of a 33-year-old heterosexual man who presented with a 3-week history of epigastric pain, nausea, emesis, and 8 kg weight loss. He was subsequently diagnosed with gastric syphilis, based on reactive syphilis serological testing and Treponema pallidum found in gastric biopsy specimens. Gastric syphilis is a rare presentation observed in 1% of cases and usually develops in secondary syphilis. Given the nonspecific manifestation and findings, a high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of gastric syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-60109602018-06-25 Gastric syphilis: The great imitator in the stomach Okamoto, Koh Hatakeyama, Shuji Umezawa, Masami Hayashi, Seishu IDCases Article Syphilis is resurging worldwide. Here, we present the case of a 33-year-old heterosexual man who presented with a 3-week history of epigastric pain, nausea, emesis, and 8 kg weight loss. He was subsequently diagnosed with gastric syphilis, based on reactive syphilis serological testing and Treponema pallidum found in gastric biopsy specimens. Gastric syphilis is a rare presentation observed in 1% of cases and usually develops in secondary syphilis. Given the nonspecific manifestation and findings, a high index of suspicion is required for diagnosis of gastric syphilis. Elsevier 2018-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6010960/ /pubmed/29942761 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.015 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6010960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942761
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2018.03.015
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