Secondary syphilis presenting as leucoderma syphiliticum: case report and review
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Secondary syphilis presenting as leucoderma syphiliticum: case report and review
Leucoderma syphiliticum (LS), originally described as syphilide pigmentaire, encompasses a spectrum of dyschromic lesions that emerge during the course of secondary syphilis. Very few case reports are available in modern biomedical databases. We present the case of a 57-year-old HIV-infected male patient who presented with several round to oval, non-scaling, slightly raised and well-demarcated ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0036-4665
DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946201759074