Syphilis in Earlier Days
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Indurative Edema of the Prepuce Mimicing Phimosis, an Atypical Manifestation of Primary Syphilis.
ACTA DERMATOVENEROLOGICA CROATICA Dear Sir or Madam, We report the case of a of 23-year-old married man from a rural area admitted to the emergency room of the Urology Clinic because of a marked edema of the free edge of the prepuce that was infiltrated, painless, and prevented retraction. The edema appeared 3 days earlier, without inguinal lymphadenopathy. As primary syphilis was suspected, th...
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