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- Title
Primary syphilis of oral mucosa: Case report of an unusual manifestation.
- Authors
Duarte, Eliza Carla Barroso; da Silva, Linaena Méricy; Naves, Marcelo Drummond; do Carmo, Maria Auxiliadora Vieira; de Aguiar, Maria Cássia Ferreira
- Abstract
Dental clinicians and other health care providers have long been concerned about a variety of infectious agents that may be transmitted within the dental setting. Many infectious diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis, tuberculosis, and syphilis are important both because of their potential transmissibility and because the first manifestations of the disease may appear in the oral cavity. Oral disease as a consequence of primary syphilis is rare. This article details a patient presenting with a labial nodule as her only clinical manifestation of undiagnosed primary syphilis. (Quintessence Int 2004;35: 728-730)
- Subjects
ORAL diseases; SYPHILIS; ORAL mucosa diseases; INFECTIOUS disease transmission; PREVENTIVE dentistry; INFECTION; RESEARCH
- Publication
Quintessence International, 2004, Vol 35, Issue 9, p728
- ISSN
0033-6572
- Publication type
Article