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Syphilis with Charcot arthropathy: A case report
Author(s) -
Wang Menglei,
Huang Rongrong,
Wang Li,
Yu Nasha,
Li Li
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
dermatologic therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1529-8019
pISSN - 1396-0296
DOI - 10.1111/dth.12862
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , periostitis , arthropathy , dermatology , osteitis , surgery , treponematosis , ankle , arthritis , osteoarthritis , sexually transmitted disease , osteomyelitis , pathology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , alternative medicine
Syphilis is a chronic systemic infectious disease involving multiple organs. Involvement of skeletal system by syphilis including osteochondritis, osteoarthritis, periostitis, and osteitis. Charcot arthropathy is an unusual concomitant disease of syphilis, and the incidence had decreased significantly these decades. The present authors report a case of syphilis presenting with Charcot arthropathy of bilateral ankle joints.