Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts

Multiple syphilitic chancre is not frequent in the immunocompetent patient. On the other hand, extragenital lesions are more common in the mouth and anus, and it is rare to find them in the breast. We report the case of an 18 year-old patient who attended the consultation with three syphilitic chan...

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Main Authors: Mauricio Ledesma, Adrián Orsini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Zeppelini Editorial e Comunicacao 2017-09-01
Series:DST
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Online Access:https://bjstd.org/revista/article/view/813
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description Multiple syphilitic chancre is not frequent in the immunocompetent patient. On the other hand, extragenital lesions are more common in the mouth and anus, and it is rare to find them in the breast. We report the case of an 18 year-old patient who attended the consultation with three syphilitic chancres: one on the vulva and one on each areola.
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spelling doaj.art-fcbb0eab0fff4ccb91ac1a95a48453412023-01-28T01:06:08ZengZeppelini Editorial e ComunicacaoDST2177-82642017-09-01294Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breastsMauricio LedesmaAdrián Orsini Multiple syphilitic chancre is not frequent in the immunocompetent patient. On the other hand, extragenital lesions are more common in the mouth and anus, and it is rare to find them in the breast. We report the case of an 18 year-old patient who attended the consultation with three syphilitic chancres: one on the vulva and one on each areola. https://bjstd.org/revista/article/view/813syphilischancreareolas
spellingShingle Mauricio Ledesma
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Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
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title Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
title_full Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
title_fullStr Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
title_full_unstemmed Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
title_short Multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
title_sort multiple syphilitic chancre on the vulva and on both breasts
topic syphilis
chancre
areolas
url https://bjstd.org/revista/article/view/813
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