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Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually acquired chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum and is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations. The secondary stage of the disease results from the hematogenous and lymphatic dissemination of treponemes after a few weeks or months, and it is characterized...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31020874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058738419845566 |
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author | Mari, Elena Nudo, Maurizio Palese, Enzo Cotticelli, Luisa Cotticelli, Ciro Zino, Grazia Coppola, Rosa Di Lella, Federica Maria Arcari, Gabriele Rodio, Donatella Maria Prezioso, Carla Pietropaolo, Valeria Devirgiliis, Valeria Panasiti, Vincenzo |
author_facet | Mari, Elena Nudo, Maurizio Palese, Enzo Cotticelli, Luisa Cotticelli, Ciro Zino, Grazia Coppola, Rosa Di Lella, Federica Maria Arcari, Gabriele Rodio, Donatella Maria Prezioso, Carla Pietropaolo, Valeria Devirgiliis, Valeria Panasiti, Vincenzo |
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description | Syphilis is a sexually acquired chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum and is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations. The secondary stage of the disease results from the hematogenous and lymphatic dissemination of treponemes after a few weeks or months, and it is characterized by recurrent activity of the disease, with muco-cutaneous as well as systemic manifestations. Mucosal lesions range from small, superficial ulcers that resemble painless aphthae to large gray plaques, and they are generally associated with systemic manifestations of the disease. The exclusive asymptomatic oral localization not associated with general manifestations is uncommon but may actually be unrecognized and under-reported. We report a case of isolated oral manifestation as the unique presentation of secondary syphilis. |
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spelling | pubmed-64842392019-04-30 Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis Mari, Elena Nudo, Maurizio Palese, Enzo Cotticelli, Luisa Cotticelli, Ciro Zino, Grazia Coppola, Rosa Di Lella, Federica Maria Arcari, Gabriele Rodio, Donatella Maria Prezioso, Carla Pietropaolo, Valeria Devirgiliis, Valeria Panasiti, Vincenzo Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol Letter to the Editor Syphilis is a sexually acquired chronic infection caused by Treponema pallidum and is characterized by a variety of clinical manifestations. The secondary stage of the disease results from the hematogenous and lymphatic dissemination of treponemes after a few weeks or months, and it is characterized by recurrent activity of the disease, with muco-cutaneous as well as systemic manifestations. Mucosal lesions range from small, superficial ulcers that resemble painless aphthae to large gray plaques, and they are generally associated with systemic manifestations of the disease. The exclusive asymptomatic oral localization not associated with general manifestations is uncommon but may actually be unrecognized and under-reported. We report a case of isolated oral manifestation as the unique presentation of secondary syphilis. SAGE Publications 2019-04-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6484239/ /pubmed/31020874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058738419845566 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Letter to the Editor Mari, Elena Nudo, Maurizio Palese, Enzo Cotticelli, Luisa Cotticelli, Ciro Zino, Grazia Coppola, Rosa Di Lella, Federica Maria Arcari, Gabriele Rodio, Donatella Maria Prezioso, Carla Pietropaolo, Valeria Devirgiliis, Valeria Panasiti, Vincenzo Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title | Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title_full | Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title_fullStr | Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title_full_unstemmed | Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title_short | Beyond appearance: An unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
title_sort | beyond appearance: an unusual manifestation of isolated oral secondary syphilis |
topic | Letter to the Editor |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484239/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31020874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2058738419845566 |
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