An Unusual Visit from an Old Foe: Oral Presentation of Syphilis in a Teenage Patient

• Main Authors: Bedirhan Tarhan (Author), Sydur Rahman (Author), Diana Halloran (Author), Jeremy Sites (Author), Avni Bhatt (Author), Kathleen Ryan (Author), Maritza Plaza-Verduin (Author), Thao Vu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The authors report an atypical case of secondary syphilis in an adolescent female presenting to a tertiary-care center with fever, weight loss, oral sores, painful inguinal lymphadenopathy, and transient macular rash. Given the lower prevalence of syphilis in adolescent females, this infection was n...