Gastric syphilis and its importance for a differential diagnosis in HIV patients | Zendy

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Gastric syphilis and its importance for a differential diagnosis in HIV patients

Author(s) -

Sergio NavarroMartínez,

Carmen PayáLlorente,

Manuel Vicente Planells Roig

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

revista española de enfermedades digestivas

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 2340-4167

pISSN - 1130-0108

DOI - 10.17235/reed.2020.6729/2019

Subject(s) - syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , differential diagnosis , medicine , differential (mechanical device) , virology , pathology , physics , thermodynamics

A 41-year-old male, with history of HIV presented to emergency department with two months of abdominal pain and a weight loss. Radiological and endoscopic examinations where suggestive of gastric cancer. However, biopsies ruled out malignancy. The reaginic and anti-treponemal tests were positive, so the histological study was repeated with anti-Treponema pallidum monoclonal antibodies. The presence of spirochetes was confirmed. After three weeks of penicillin-based treatment, the gastric lesions and symptoms were resolved.

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