The Great Imitator’s Trick on Bones: Syphilitic Osteomyelitis

Yifan Jin; Wenxin Zhong; Xia Wang; Changzheng Huang; Yuan Lu

doi:10.2340/actadv.v104.18626

Authors

Yifan Jin Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Wenxin Zhong Department of Dermatology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University & Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, 89 Taoyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518052, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Xia Wang Department of Dermatology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University & Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, 89 Taoyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518052, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Changzheng Huang Department of Dermatology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 430022, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Yuan Lu Department of Dermatology, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University & Huazhong University of Science and Technology Union Shenzhen Hospital, 89 Taoyuan Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen, 518052, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/actadv.v104.18626

Keywords:

Syphilis, Secondary syphilis, Syphilitic osteomyelitis

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