Late secondary syphilis with nodular lesions mimicking Kaposi sarcoma in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus

Int J Dermatol. 2014 Jan;53(1):e71-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05598.x. Epub 2013 Apr 4.

Authors

Savas Yayli¹, Rocco della Torre, Ivan Hegyi, Thomas Schneiter, Helmut Beltraminelli, Luca Borradori, Cristoph Fux

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, 61080 Trabzon, Turkey and Department of Dermatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, SwitzerlandDepartment of Dermatology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse 3010 BernDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.

PMID: 23556485
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05598.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
HIV Infections / complications*
Humans
Sarcoma, Kaposi / diagnosis*
Sarcoma, Kaposi / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Syphilis / pathology

Supplementary concepts

Syphilis, secondary