Challenges in the Diagnosis of Tertiary Syphilis: Case Report with Literature Review

Lucyna Jankowska, Zygmunt Adamski, Adriana Polańska, Monika Bowszyc-Dmochowska, Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman (), Piotr Merks, Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz and Ryszard Żaba
Additional contact information
Lucyna Jankowska: Department of Dermatology, Heliodor Święcicki Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
Zygmunt Adamski: Department of Dermatology, Heliodor Święcicki Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
Adriana Polańska: Department of Dermatology and Venenerology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
Monika Bowszyc-Dmochowska: Department of Dermatology, Heliodor Święcicki Clinical Hospital, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland
Katarzyna Plagens-Rotman: Center for Pediatric, Adolescent Gynecology and Sexology Division of Gynecology, Department of Perinatology and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-758 Poznan, Poland
Piotr Merks: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw, 01-938 Warszawa, Poland
Magdalena Czarnecka-Operacz: Allergic and Occupational Skin Diseases Unit, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Poznań, 60-355 Poznan, Poland
Ryszard Żaba: Department of Dermatology and Venenerology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 60-806 Poznan, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-18

Abstract: Tertiary syphilis is a large diagnostic challenge. It is rarely the case that it affects the skin, bone tissue and the eyes at the same time. The presented case shows that extensive symptomatology of syphilis poses a challenge in making a proper diagnosis in patients whose history does not suspect STDs. The study aims to present the case of a young woman hospitalized with a suspected autoimmune disease, diagnosed with symptomatic late syphilis with involvement of the skin, bones and eyes.

Keywords: tertiary syphilis; diagnosis; treatment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/24/16992/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/24/16992/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:24:p:16992-:d:1006861

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().