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SYPHILIS MIMICKING OTHER DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASES: REACTIVE ARTHRITIS AND MUCHA-HABERMANN DISEASE
Carneiro, Sueli Coelho da Silva et al. | Date Issued: 2013
Author
Carneiro, Sueli Coelho da Silva
Pirmez, Rodrigo
Hollanda, Taciana Rocha de
Cuzzi, Tullia
Ramos-e-Silva, Marcia
Affilliation
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-Graduation Course. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-Graduation Course. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-Graduation Course. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Sector of Pathology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-Graduation Course. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho. Sector of Dermatology. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Post-Graduation Course. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Abstract
The authors present two cases of syphilis: one mimicking reactive arthritis and the other Mucha-Habermann disease. Both reports illustrate syphilis as ‘the great imitator’, a description given by Sir William Osler, and call attention to the strong need for awareness among physicians of all specialties, especially the younger ones, who are not used to seeing this increasingly prevalent disease, as it once was in the past.
Keywords
Syphilis
Reactive arthritis
Reiter syndrome
Mucha-Habermann disease
 
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Karger Publishers Open Access
Citation
CARNEIRO, Sueli Coelho da Silva et al. Syphilis mimicking other dermatological diseases: reactive arthritis and mucha-habermann disease. Case Reports in Dermatology, v. 5, p. 15-20, 2013.
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10.1159/000346745
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1662-6567
Notes
Tullio Cuzzi. Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas. Documento produzido em parceria ou por autor vinculado à Fiocruz, mas não consta a informação no documento.