title: Artificial penile nodules and secondary syphilis.
abstract: A patient with artificial penile nodules and ulcerative plaques on the penis is described. Clinical course, histology and serological examination revealed a diagnosis of secondary syphilis. The differential diagnosis of the ulcerative genital lesions in the presence of artificial penile nodules is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kerl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010413:Penis / Q000473:pathology; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology