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Secondary syphilis mimicking Sweet's syndrome
Author(s) -
JORDAAN H.F.,
CILLIERS J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1986.tb06244.x
Subject(s) - syphilis , medicine , secondary syphilis , sweet's syndrome , serology , syphilis serodiagnosis , treponematosis , dermatology , pathology , sexually transmitted disease , virology , immunology , antibody , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
SUMMARY We describe a patient with secondary syphilis and facial skin lesions which resembled Sweet's syndrome clinically and histologically. We suggest serological tests for syphilis in patients with Sweet's syndrome.