SECONDARY SYPHILIS MASQUERADING AS PSORIASIS VULGARIS- A RARE CASE REPORT
Keerthana Bhaskar P., Sruthy S.R., Jayakar Thomas*, Deepthi Ravi, Manoharan D. and Manohara K.
ABSTRACT
Secondary syphilis is a generalized infection which is sexually transmitted and psoriasis is an immunologically mediated disease. Syphilis can highly mimic psoriasis due to its varied disease presentations. Here we present a case who came with lesions over the palms, soles, trunk and genital area giving a psoriasiform picture. We first thought it to be psoriasis vulgaris but because of the atypical presentation, genital lesions and history of contact, the patient was evaluated for syphilis. RPR was positive and HIV ELISA was positive. The patient was then diagnosed as secondary syphilis and treated with benzathine penicillin.
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