Secondary syphilis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease

• Authors: Borges-Costa J, Loreto H, Marques S, Vasconcelos P
• Journal: Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22645392

This study reports the case of a 15-year-old male patient with extensive anal inflammation, cobblestone-like mucosa and areas of ulceration, loose bloody stool and weight loss for 8 weeks, suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease. Genital lesions of syphilides were later observed and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test was positive, thus benzyl penicillin treatment was prescribed with total resolution of genital and bowel symptoms.
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