Syphilis: A Forgotten Priority

Syphilis: A Forgotten Priority

Syphilis: A Forgotten Sexually Transmitted Disease?

CASE REPORT A 17-year-old African-American male presented to the adolescent medicine clinic with the complaint of bilateral inguinal swelling for 3 weeks. Patient denied pain to inguinal area, testicular pain, penile discharge, dysuria, abdominal pain, fever, weight loss, or fatigue. The patient denied history of inguinal hernias or any recent heavy lifting or straining. The only other complain...

Forgotten but Not Gone! Syphilis Induced Tenosynovitis

Objective. Tenosynovitis, inflammation of a tendon and its synovial sheath, is a rare manifestation of secondary syphilis and if diagnosed early is reversible. Background. A 52-year-old male with past medical history of untreated syphilis presented with gradual onset of swelling and pain of the right fourth metacarpophalangeal joint (MCP). He reported a history of painless penile lesions after ...

Families facing cancer: the forgotten priority.

Each year, updated statistics are published citing the magnitude of the cancer problem for the American public. Specific cancers are quantified in the thousands, and sweeping graphic representations characterize changing patterns of incidence and mortality. What is not brought routinely to the public’s attention is the prominence of cancer in those Americans who lack a personal diagnosis of a m...

Symptomatic Early Congenital Syphilis: A Common but Forgotten Disease

Congenital syphilis is a severe, disabling infection often with grave consequences seen in infants. It occurs due to the transmission of the disease from an infected mother to the unborn infant through the placenta. Congenital syphilis can involve any organ system and present with various symptoms. However, early diagnosis of congenital syphilis is difficult because more than half of the affect...