Syphilitic Proctitis

A case of secondary syphilis presenting with unusual complications: syphilitic proctitis,

Case of secondary syphilis presenting with unusual complications: syphilitic proctitis, gastritis, and hepatitis.

We report the first known case of syphilis with simultaneous manifestations of proctitis, gastritis, and hepatitis. The diagnosis of syphilitic proctitis and gastritis was established by the demonstration of spirochetes with anti-Treponema pallidum antibody staining in biopsy specimens. Unusual manifestations of secondary syphilis completely resolved after 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy.

Ulcerative Proctitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of digestive tract of unknown cause. This disease is characterized by a chronic course with alternating periods of activity and clinical remission. The incidence of UC in America has a range extending from 2.2 to 14.3 per 100,000 population per year [1]. The continuous involvement from the rectum to proximal presents an extension that is...

Chlamydia trachomatis proctitis.

One hundreds seventy-one homosexual men, 96 of whom had symptoms suggestive of proctitis and 75 of whom had no such symptoms, were consecutively enrolled in a study of the prevalence, clinical spectrum, and histopathology of Chlamydia trachomatis rectal infections. C. trachomatis was isolated from the rectums of 14 men. Three of the isolates, which had lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) immunotypes...

Syphilitic Epididymitis.

THE observation, since I93I, of seven cases in which syphilitic epididymitis,* without concomitant involvement of the body of the testis proper, occurred during the secondary or tertiary stages of a syphilitic infection, and the consequent examination of the literature, in which the rarity of this condition is emphasised, have led to the following report. Three of the cases occurred during the ...