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. 2021 Mar 23:24:e01080.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01080. eCollection 2021.

Plaques en prairie fauchée

Eric Farfour  1 , David Zucman  2
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Plaques en prairie fauchée

Eric Farfour et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

We report a clinical picture of a mowed meadow pattern of the tongue in a 29-year-old sexually active man who has sex with men. The painful lesions also called "Plaques en prairie fauchée", occur in the context of the discovery of a postive HIV serology. The diagnosis of secondary syphilis was confirmed by a positive syphilis serology (nontreponemal RPR test title of 64) and a positive Treponema pallidum PCR, amplifying the tpp47 gene, on a tongue swab. The lesions completely resolve with a penicillin treatment.

Keywords: AIDS; HIV; Mowed meadow; Plaque en prairie fauchée; Rash; Syphilis.

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Scattered depapillation of the tongue in a mowed meadow pattern also called “Plaques en prairie fauchée”.
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