title: Primary syphilis of the fingers.
abstract: Six patients were seen with primary syphilitic chancres on their fingers between 1965 and 1980. Of these, two had bipolar chancres on their fingers and genitals resulting from sexual foreplay. Because syphilis is rarely suspected in such cases diagnostic errors are common.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005385:Fingers; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010304:Paronychia / Q000209:etiology; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000209:etiology*