[Rash and nephrotic syndrome: consider syphilis].
BACKGROUND
Kidney disease is among the clinical manifestations of secondary syphilis, as this case report shows.


METHODS
During serologically confirmed secondary syphilis, a 63-year-old man developed a nephrotic syndrome diagnosed after biopsy as membranous nephropathy.


CONCLUSIONS
Membranous nephropathy is an immunological complication of secondary syphilis. Recovery usually follows treatment. It is often associated with signs that may erroneously suggest connective tissue disease.
Koenig
Martial
M
Service de médecine interne, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne.
Duband
Sébastien
S
Thibaudin
Damien
D
Cathébras
Pascal
P
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005076:Exanthema / Q000209:etiology*; D015433:Glomerulonephritis, Membranous / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D002443:Ceftriaxone