A rare case of osteomyelitis and tenosynovitis in secondary syphilis

We describe a case of secondary syphilis presenting with osteomyelitis and tenosynovitis of the thumb. With appropriate therapy, the patient’s symptoms resolved and seroreversion occurred. MRI showed improvement with treatment. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate t...

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Autores principales: Nelson, Taylor B., Roland, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7355715/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32685373
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00903
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description We describe a case of secondary syphilis presenting with osteomyelitis and tenosynovitis of the thumb. With appropriate therapy, the patient’s symptoms resolved and seroreversion occurred. MRI showed improvement with treatment. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate therapy in this unusual presentation of syphilis.
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spelling pubmed-73557152020-07-17 A rare case of osteomyelitis and tenosynovitis in secondary syphilis Nelson, Taylor B. Roland, William IDCases Article We describe a case of secondary syphilis presenting with osteomyelitis and tenosynovitis of the thumb. With appropriate therapy, the patient’s symptoms resolved and seroreversion occurred. MRI showed improvement with treatment. This case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and appropriate therapy in this unusual presentation of syphilis. Elsevier 2020-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7355715/ /pubmed/32685373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00903 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. 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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