Citation

Sugaya N, Migliari D (2018) Syphilis: A Tricky Disease that may Pose Some Diagnostic Challenges - A Case Report. J Infect Dis Epidemiol 4:058. doi.org/10.23937/2474-3658/1510058

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© 2018 Sugaya N, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

CASE REPORT | OPEN ACCESS DOI: 10.23937/2474-3658/1510058

Syphilis: A Tricky Disease that may Pose Some Diagnostic Challenges - A Case Report

Norberto Sugaya and Dante Migliari*

Professor, Division of Oral Medicine Clinic Division, Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Abstract

This article reports a case of secondary stage syphilis involving the oral mucosa and the skin (the palms). The lesion's clinical aspects of both sites could possibly be misdiagnosed for some common inflammatory diseases, among them oral lichenoid contact lesion or drug reaction. As a standard procedure, the differential diagnosis required to rule out syphilis. The treponemal and anti-treponemal tests confirmed the diagnosis of syphilis. The patient was successfully treated, but, unfortunately, his partners from sexual encounters were left unaccounted for. People who contract syphilis and are left untreated jeopardize society. This is the main reason why syphilis cannot be easily controlled from spreading.