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Secondary Syphilis Mimicking Leprosy Type1 Reaction

Abstract
Syphilis and leprosy have cutaneous manifestations with great lesional polymorphism with subsequent difficult differential diagnosis. Both have additional tests that, in certain situations, are inconclusive, making it difficult to confirm the clinical diagnosis. In medical literature there are several clinical cases reported in which patients with syphilis were erroneously diagnosed and treated as having leprosy. Physicians need to maintain a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of syphilis

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Type
Journal Article
Author
Ferreira CP
Medeiros V
Maia RC
Sales A
Costa Nery JA