Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation

Syphilis is known to inflict human being since long. It has varied clinical presentations. Atypical presentations are not uncommon and may jeopardize the clinical acumen of experienced clinician. Here, we are reporting a case of syphilis presenting as a sole manifestation in oral cavity.

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Autores principales: Jain, Arushi, Maheshwari, Kriti, Gupta, Kalpana, Meena, Sanjay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8628090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909621
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_85_19
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spelling pubmed-86280902021-12-13 Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation Jain, Arushi Maheshwari, Kriti Gupta, Kalpana Meena, Sanjay Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Reports Syphilis is known to inflict human being since long. It has varied clinical presentations. Atypical presentations are not uncommon and may jeopardize the clinical acumen of experienced clinician. Here, we are reporting a case of syphilis presenting as a sole manifestation in oral cavity. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021 2021-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8628090/ /pubmed/34909621 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_85_19 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title_full Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title_fullStr Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title_full_unstemmed Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title_short Mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: An atypical presentation
title_sort mucous patch of secondary syphilis masquerading as leukokeratosis: an atypical presentation
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8628090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34909621
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijstd.IJSTD_85_19
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