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Balanoposthitis and Penile Edema: Atypical Manifestations of Primary Syphilis.

Abstract
The typical finding in primary syphilis stage is a unique, painless chancre with indurated borders. We report a case of primary syphilis presenting as erosive and crusted balanoposthitis with an underlying chancre, penile edema, and bilateral inguinal lymphadenopathy in a heterosexual man.
AuthorsRoger Rovira-López, Pablo García-Martínez, Gemma Martín-Ezquerra, Ramon M Pujol, Daniel López Aventín
JournalSexually transmitted diseases (Sex Transm Dis) Vol. 42 Issue 9 Pg. 524-5 (Sep 2015) ISSN: 1537-4521 [Electronic] United States
PMID26267879 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ointments
  • Fusidic Acid
  • Penicillin G Benzathine
Topics
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Balanitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Edema (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Foreskin (microbiology)
  • Fusidic Acid (therapeutic use)
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intramuscular
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ointments
  • Penicillin G Benzathine (therapeutic use)
  • Penile Diseases (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Syphilis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
  • Syphilis Serodiagnosis
  • Treponema pallidum (genetics, isolation & purification)

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