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Review
. 2021 Apr;36(4):1098-1101.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06414-9. Epub 2021 Jan 19.

Syphilitic Proctitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Jessica K Costales-Cantrell  1 , Elizabeth Y Dong  2 , Bechien U Wu  2 , Jim H Nomura  3
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Syphilitic Proctitis Presenting as a Rectal Mass: a Case Report and Review of the Literature

Jessica K Costales-Cantrell et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr.
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The authors declare that they do not have a conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with intravenous contrast. Panel a is a sagittal view demonstrating abnormal wall thickening and inflammatory changes of the distal sigmoid colon and rectum (red arrows). Panel b is a coronal view illustrating multiple enlarged perirectal lymph nodes (green arrows)
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Endoscopic view of rectum showing diffuse friable, ulcerated lesions, and gross inflammatory changes without a discrete mass
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Histological examination of the colonic mucosa showing focal ulceration and non-caseating granulomatous inflammation including scattered multinucleated giant cells on hematoxylin and eosin stain. No histological findings were suggestive of malignancy
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