Syphilitic tonsillitis presenting as an ulcerated tonsillar tumor with ipsilateral lymphadenopathy

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-357

  Oddó, David ^a   Carrasco, Gonzalo ^a   Capdeville, Felipe ^b   Ayala, María Fernanda ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Institute Nacional del Cáncer   (Chile)

Author keywords

Primary syphilis of the tonsil; Syphilis of the tonsil; Syphilitic lymphadenopathies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE; SYPHILIS; TONSIL TUMOR; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TUMOR BIOPSY; ULCER; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYPHILIS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLITIS; ULCER;

EID: 34548509219     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Rabettu J. Syphilis of the pharynx and tonsils. J Med Lyon 31 (1950) 757-773
2. Pailler R., and Rivron J. Syphilis of a tonsil on a five-year-old child. Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac 72 (1955) 575-577
3. Fiumara N.J., and Berg M. Primary syphilis in the oral cavity. Br J Vener Dis 50 (1974) 463-464
4. Thiers H., Gaillard J., and Karo-Pelloux H. A question of syphilitic gumma of the tonsil. Lyon Med 92 (1960) 1363-1364
5. Vincenti N.H. A case of sero-positive syphilis of the tonsil. J Laryngol Otol 85 (1971) 869-870
6. Ishimaru T., Mizumo Y., Shiga H., Nagayama I., and Furukawa M. Patient with primary tonsillar and gastric syphilis. J Laryngol Otol 111 (1977) 766-768
7. Viers W.A. Primary syphilis of the tonsil with a presentation of four cases. Laryngoscope 91 (1981) 1507-1511
8. Fiumara N.J., and Walker E.A. Primary syphilis of the tonsil. Arch Otolaryngol 108 (1982) 43-44
9. Baarsma E.A., Kazzaz B., and Soei K.I. Secondary syphilis of the tonsils. J Laryngol Otol 99 (1985) 601-603
10. Golumba R., Marin I., Radu C., Vasiu O., and Cotulbea S. Primary atypical syphilis (bifocal tonsillar and perianal). Rev Chir Oncol Radiol O R L Oftalmol Stomatol Otorinolaringol 33 (1988) 213-216
11. Shimizu T., Shinogi J., Majima Y., and Sakakura Y. Secondary syphilis of the tonsil. Arch Otorhinolaryngol 246 (1989) 117-120
12. Mannara G.M., Sacalotto C., Frattasio A., Pedace E., Di Loreto C., and Ferlito A. Bilateral secondary syphilis of the tonsil. J Laryngol Otol 113 (1999) 1125-1127
13. Ditzen A.K., Braker K., Zoellner K.H., and Teichmann D. The syphilis-HIV interdependency. Int J STD AIDS 16 (2005) 642-643