title: A case of a cerebral syphilitic gumma developed in a few months mimicking a brain tumor in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient.
abstract: Cerebral syphilitic gumma is extremely rare and easily misdiagnosed. We illustrate a case of a cerebral syphilitic gumma developed in just a few months mimicking a brain tumor in a HIV-negative patient and Treponema pallidum was detected in the cerebral syphilitic gumma.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Lingli
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Urology , the Affiliated People's Hospital of Jiangsu University , Zhenjiang , China.
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Wenliang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Qingtao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Peiying
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: a Department of Dermatology , Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University , Nanjing , China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sang
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D018023:HIV Seronegativity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: Biopsy; Treponema pallidum; cerebral syphilitic gumma; differential diagnosis; infection; inflammation