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- Title
Atypical presentation of secondary syphilis: annular lesions in an elderly patient.
- Authors
Machado Pagani, Danielle; Brandão Pacheco, Fernanda; Buss Venier, Natália Andressa; da Luz Silva, Isadora; Kipper Richter, Giselda; Luzzatto, Laura; Lúcia Scroferneker, Maria
- Abstract
Syphilis is a chronic bacterial sexually transmitted infectious disease caused by Treponema pallidum. Different age groups are affected by heterogeneous clinical forms of the disease. We report a case of atypical secondary syphilis in an elderly patient with diffuse annular erythematous lesions on the chest, back, upper and lower limbs diagnosed by histopathological, immunohistochemical and serological tests.
- Subjects
OLDER patients; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA pallidum; SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNICABLE diseases; AGE groups
- Publication
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2021, Vol 63, p1
- ISSN
0036-4665
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1678-9946202163068