Secondary syphilis
โ Scribed by David E. Soper
- Book ID
- 101261962
- Publisher
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 188 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1064-7449
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โฆ Synopsis
LEGEND TO IMAGE
A 27-year-old black woman presented with complaints of skin lesions on the vulva, back, nipple and ear. Darkfield examination of the exudate from the moist vulvar papules (A) revealed motile spirochetes. A VDRL was reactive at a titer of 1:1,024. A papular lesion with raised borders (annular syphilid) (B) was discovered during examination of the back. Split papules were also discovered on the nipple (C) and right ear (D). A single intramuscular injection of benzathine penicillin G (2.4 million units) was curative.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Nodular secondary syphilis in a 23-year-old Indian man was characterized by numerous papular, nodular and plaque skin lesions, without involvement of the mucous membranes. The histopathology showed sarcoid-like granulomata with lymphocytes, histiocytes, eosinophils, plasma cells and multinucleated g