CIRCINATE BALANOPOSTHITIS AS A POSSIBLE CLINICAL MANIFESTATION OF GONOCOCCAL INFECTION
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One of the possible systemic complications of gonorrhoea is disseminated gonococcal infection (DGI), which is usually characterised by both skin and joint lesions. While joint involvement ranges from tenosynovitis to suppurative arthritis, cutaneous involvement features varied non-specific patterns often clinically and histologically consistent with vasculitis. We report a case of DGI in which ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jurnal Kedokteran Syiah Kuala
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2550-0112,1412-1026
DOI: 10.24815/jks.v18i3.18019