secondary syphilis presenting as leucoderma syphiliticum: case report and review
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ABSTRACT Leucoderma syphiliticum (LS), originally described as syphilide pigmentaire, encompasses a spectrum of dyschromic lesions that emerge during the course of secondary syphilis. Very few case reports are available in modern biomedical databases. We present the case of a 57-year-old HIV-infected male patient who presented with several round to oval, non-scaling, slightly raised and well-demarcated hypochromic lesions scattered over the trunk, abdomen, dorsum, and arms. Prior non-treponemal tests were negative for syphilis, but novel studies yielded positive results at high titers. Skin lesions slowly regressed and the hypochromic areas repigmented a few weeks after benzathine penicillin G treatment. This is the first report of LS in an HIV-infected patient. A review of modern and ancient literature was performed. The present case report emphasizes the need for clinicians to have a heightened awareness of the varied and unusual clinical phenotypes of syphilis.
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| Authors | ;Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva;Carlos José Martins;Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva;Giresse Acakpovi;Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto |
| Journal | 2017 12th international conference for internet technology and secured transactions, icitst 2017 |
| Year | 2017 |
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10.1590/s1678-9946201759074
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