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Case Reports
. 2020 Oct;42(10):e143-e146.
doi: 10.1097/DAD.0000000000001659.

Syphilitic Chancre of the Lip

Davinia F Calvo  1   2 , David Cassarino  3 , Angel Fernandez-Flores  1   4   5
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Case Reports

Syphilitic Chancre of the Lip

Davinia F Calvo et al. Am J Dermatopathol. 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum. The primary stage of the disease (the chancre) mainly involves the genital areas. Extragenital areas are involved in 5%-14% of cases, many of which occur in the oral cavity. Among the extragenital locations, the lip is the most frequent; however, despite this, published cases of the chancre of the lip are few. We present a case of a chancre presenting on the lip of a nonimmunocompromised 55-year-old male patient with immunohistochemical confirmation.

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