Secondary syphilis presenting as a pruritic dermatosis.
Three patients had secondary syphilis with severely pruritic skin lesions. This presentation contradicts several modern medical texts in which the lesions of secondary syphilis are described as nonpruitic.
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005533:Foot Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011537:Pruritus / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011538:Pruritus Ani / Q000175:diagnosis; D011539:Pruritus Vulvae / Q000175:diagnosis; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine