Open AccessPulmonary Involvement in Secondary Syphilis
Author(s) -
Ruben Benaïnous,
Mohanad Alunji,
Pierre Yves Brillet,
Robin Dhôte
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/20201_002487
Subject(s) - treponema , syphilis , medicine , secondary syphilis , biopsy , pathology , virology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
In secondary syphilis, Treponema pallidum can spread to the lungs. A new case is described of a patient with multiple excavated subpleural pulmonary nodules, a rare localization of secondary syphilis. Despite the numerous pulmonary samples analysed in the literature, T. pallidum is rarely visualised directly on bronchial fibroscopy or biopsy. The diagnosis of secondary syphilis is suspected from historical and physical findings and confirmed by high values obtained from non-treponemal tests.