Data di Pubblicazione:
2008
Citazione:
Multiple aphthoid syphilitic chancres of the oral cavity / S. Veraldi, L. Lunardon, M.C. Persico, C. Francia, S. Bottini. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS. - ISSN 0956-4624. - 19:7(2008), pp. 486-487.
Abstract:
We describe the case of a 31-year-old man who was affected by three asymptomatic, aphthoid, syphilitic chancres of the oral cavity. These lesions were accompanied by right latero-cervical and chin lymphadenopathy. The infection was previously diagnosed as aphthous stomatitis. The search for Treponema pallidum by means of darkfield microscope examination was positive. The patient was successfully treated with oral erythromycin ethylsuccinate. To our knowledge, this is the first case of multiple aphthoid syphilitic chancres of the oral cavity reported in the literature. We suggest that all patients with a recent history of painless ulcers in the oral cavity, accompanied by regional lymphadenopathy in which the clinical diagnosis has not been confirmed, should undergo a darkfield microscope examination
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Aphthous stomatitis; Chancres; Oral cavity; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum
Elenco autori:
S. Veraldi, L. Lunardon, M.C. Persico, C. Francia, S. Bottini
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