Sök artiklar i SveMed+

Observera: SveMed+ upphör att uppdateras!



Syfilis - to be or not to be
Engelsk titel: Syphilis - to be or not to be Läs online Författare: Lomholt HB Språk: Dan Antal referenser: 5 Dokumenttyp: Fallbeskrivning UI-nummer: 08101138

Tidskrift

Ugeskrift for Laeger 2008;170(40)3126-7 ISSN 0041-5782 E-ISSN 1603-6824 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Syphilis has increased in Denmark and this "great imitator" disease is easily overlooked. Two case stories are presented; one case illustrates how a patient with classical symptoms of secondary syphilis was overlooked by doctors of several specialities for one year, and the other case is of a patient with a lesion on the penis presenting clinically, serologically and histologically as a syphilitic chancre, but it proved to be a rare chronic inflammatory condition known as a pseudotumor. It is emphasized that doctors in all specialities should increase their awareness of this disease.