The 'Great Masquerader' Strikes Again: Secondary Syphilis Presentation with Erythema Multiforme (EM)-Like Lesions
| Autor: | Gad Segal, Adi Brom, Idan Goren |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Sexually transmitted disease
medicine.medical_specialty Syphilis erythema multiforme fever and rash fever of unknown origin business.industry lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine Secondary syphilis Disease medicine.disease Rash Dermatology Surgery Internal Medicine medicine Syphilis Erythema multiforme Fever of unknown origin Presentation (obstetrics) medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, Vol 1, Iss 1 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 2284-2594 |
| DOI: | 10.12890/2014_000161 |
| Popis: | Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease known to present with highly variable manifestations, especially when left untreated. Patients who present to Internal Medicine Departments with fever and a rash are always a diagnostic challenge since mild viral diseases and life-threatening bacterial infections may manifest themselves similarly. In the following case presentation, we describe a patient with 1 month’s duration of fever and rash on the palms of the hand and soles of the feet, in the form of erythema multiforme (EM)-like lesions. His disease was diagnosed as secondary syphilis, once again justifying its name: the “great masquerader". |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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