Rectal syphilis mimicking rectal cancer

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 276-278

  Cha, Jae Myung ^a   Choi, Sung Il ^a   Lee, Joung Il ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chancre; Rectum; Syphilis; Treponema pallidum; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CASE REPORT; ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTAL SYPHILIS; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM DISEASE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYPHILIS; TENESMUS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 77649195310     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.2.276     Document Type: Article

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