Syphilis Such As the Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases Are a Cultural Background of Dermatologist

Serena Gianfaldoni; Georgi Tchernev; Uwe Wollina; Maria Grazia Roccia; Massimo Fioranelli; Roberto Gianfaldoni; Torello Lotti

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2017.125

Authors

Serena Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Georgi Tchernev Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior, Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatologic Surgery; Onkoderma, Private Clinic for Dermatologic Surgery, Dermatology and Surgery, Sofia 1407
Uwe Wollina Krankenhaus Dresden-Friedrichstadt, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Dresden, Sachsen
Maria Grazia Roccia University B.I.S. Group of Institutions, Punjab Technical University, Punjab
Massimo Fioranelli G. Marconi University, Department of Nuclear Physics, Subnuclear and Radiation, Rome
Roberto Gianfaldoni University G. Marconi of Rome, Dermatology and Venereology, Rome 00192
Torello Lotti Universitario di Ruolo, Dipartimento di Scienze Dermatologiche, UniversitÃ degli Studi di Firenze, FacoltÃ di Medicina e Chirurgia, Dermatology, Via Vittoria Colonna 11, Rome 00186

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2017.125

Keywords:

Syphilis, Sexually transmitted diseases, diagnosis, physician, dermatologist

Abstract

Syphilis such as the other Sexually transmitted diseases are a cultural background of physician. The authors have presented this case of nodular secondary syphilis for three main reasons. The first one is that, in the last years, syphilis has re-emerged as the problem of public health. The second one is to underline how secondary syphilis, also known as the great imitator, may present itself with numerous manifestations, mimicking different dermatological diseases. Finally, because we want to remember how syphilis and the other sexual transmitted diseases must to be in the cultural background of a dermatologist, and have to be considered in the dermatological differential diagnosis.

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