A mixed infection of syphilis and chancroid.
The clinical differentiation between a hard chancre and a soft chancre is well known to dermatologists. We present a patient with both a hard and a soft chancre developing on the penis. Thorough investigational studies should be made of all patients with venereal disease to determine whether more than one venereal disease is present.
D000328:Adult; D002602:Chancroid / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis