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Case Reports
. 2019 Mar 4;2(1):93-94.
doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2018-0025. Epub 2019 Feb 1.

Gastric Syphilis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient

Eisuke Adachi  1 , Tomohiko Koibuchi  1 , Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi  1
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Case Reports

Gastric Syphilis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patient

Eisuke Adachi et al. JMA J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Gastric syphilis; Human immunodeficiency virus; Immunostaining; unusual complications of syphilis.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Gastroduodenoscopy showing multiple erosive lesions in the entire gastric mucosa (indigo carmine dye contrast).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Gastric biopsy specimen immunostained with anti-Treponema pallidum polyclonal antibodies showing several spirochete cells stained brown in the interstitium (arrow). Magnification, ×400.
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