Secondary syphilis presenting as leucoderma syphiliticum: case report and review

Secondary syphilis presenting as leucoderma syphiliticum: case report and review

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-infecte...

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Main Authors: Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva, Carlos José Martins, Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Giresse Acakpovi, Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-11-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
HIV infection
Leucoderma syphiliticum
Syphilis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652017005000412&lng=en&tlng=en

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