Primary syphilis with multiple chancres and porphyria cutanea tarda in an HIV-infected patient.
A 51-year-old promiscuous heterosexual man with no history of venereal diseases or porphyria had a large genital chancre and deep erosions on the hands. The HIV serology was positive; the CD4 lymphocyte count was 187/mm3, but the patient did not fulfill the CDC criteria for AIDS. Five months later he developed a clinical and biochemically typical porphyria cutanea tarda.
García-Silva
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Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, University of Salamanca, Spain.
Velasco-Benito
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Peña-Penabad
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D002601:Chancre / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017119:Porphyria Cutanea Tarda / Q000150:complications*; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications*