title: A case of secondary syphilis mimicking palmoplantar psoriasis in HIV infected patient.
abstract: Due to diverse clinical and histopathological presentations, diagnosis of secondary syphilis can occasionally prove challenging. Variable clinical presentations of secondary syphilis in HIV disease may result in an incorrect diagnosis and an inappropriate treatment regimen. Similarly, the histology of secondary syphilitic lesions may show considerable variation, depending on the clinical morphology of the eruption. We report a case of secondary syphilis in an HIV infected patient with cutaneous palmoplantar lesions simulating palmoplantar psoriasis.
authors: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
authors: Maraya de Jesus Semblano
authors: Mde J
authors: Bittencourt
authors: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
authors: Arival Cardoso de
authors: AC
authors: Brito
authors: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
authors: Bianca Angelina Macêdo do
authors: BA
authors: Nascimento
authors: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
authors: Alessandra Haber
authors: AH
authors: Carvalho
authors: Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, BR.
authors: Manoel Dias do
authors: MD
authors: Nascimento
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D060085:Coinfection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007645:Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000473:pathology*; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine