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Secondary syphilis presenting as a lichen planus‐like rash
Author(s) -
Tang MBY,
Yosipovitch G,
Tan SH
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00859.x
Subject(s) - medicine , secondary syphilis , dermatology , syphilis , rash , differential diagnosis , drug eruption , pathology , drug , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry
We describe a case of secondary syphilis in a 29‐year‐old man who presented with a severely pruritic lichen planus‐like eruption that mimicked a lichenoid drug eruption histologically. Although uncommon, syphilis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of any lichenoid eruption.