Extensive annular verrucous late secondary syphilis
- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Dermatology
- Vol. 152 (6), 1343-1345
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06546.x
Abstract
We report an illustrative case of an apparently healthy 38-year-old man with a past history of alopecia universalis who developed extensive, slightly pruritic, infiltrated annular verrucous lesions of the scalp, perioral, lumbar, perianal and genital areas over a 6-month period. The combination of an unusual clinical presentation, positive syphilis serology and rapid response to penicillin therapy was consistent with a diagnosis of extensive annular and verrucous late secondary syphilis. We present this case to illustrate a rare and potentially misleading clinical feature of late secondary syphilis, a disease considered to be of the past but still present in today's practice.Keywords
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