There are diverse skin manifestations of both leprosy and syphilis. These diseases can appear similar to many other dermatologic conditions as well as to systemic diseases with dermatologic signs. Nodular syphilis is an uncommon type of secondary syphilis. We present here a person from a leprosy-endemic area with diffuse nodular skin lesions of secondary syphilis who was initially suspected of having lepromatous leprosy.
BT - Leprosy review C1 -http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614258
CN - DUPNIK 2012 IS - 4 J2 - Lepr Rev. LA - eng N2 -There are diverse skin manifestations of both leprosy and syphilis. These diseases can appear similar to many other dermatologic conditions as well as to systemic diseases with dermatologic signs. Nodular syphilis is an uncommon type of secondary syphilis. We present here a person from a leprosy-endemic area with diffuse nodular skin lesions of secondary syphilis who was initially suspected of having lepromatous leprosy.
PY - 2012 EP - 389–393 T2 - Leprosy review TI - Nodular secondary syphilis simulating lepromatous leprosy UR - https://leprosyreview.org/article/83/4/38-9393 VL - 83 ER -