title: Cervical syphilitic lesions mimicking cervical cancer: a rare case report.
abstract: A woman presented to the hospital due to postcoital vaginal bleeding. The patient was initially diagnosed with cervical carcinoma by clinicians at a local hospital. However, a biopsy of the cervical lesions revealed chronic inflammation and erosion of the cervical mucosa, and the rapid plasma reagin ratio titer was 1:256. The patient was eventually diagnosed with syphilitic cervicitis and treated with minocycline 0.1g twice a day. The patient was cured with this treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Weijiang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology, Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, 88 Jiefang Road, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China. Electronic address: jianwei-zhou@163.com.
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D002575:Uterine Cervicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Cervical carcinoma; Differential diagnosis; Syphilitic cervicitis