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16194156

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
A 40-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus presented with multiple erythematous ulcerated nodules and plaques predominantly on the trunk. A few months ago her partner had a small ulcer on the penis. She was HIV negative but showed markedly elevated syphilis serology titers (TPPA titer > 1:20.480, VDRL titer 1:128). The serum glucose levels exceeded 275 mg/dl. After exclusion of neurological involvement, we made the diagnosis of "lues maligna" arising in the setting of diabetes mellitus. The patient was treated with 2.4 million units benzathine penicillin intramuscularly weekly for three weeks. Simultaneously, diabetes therapy was improved with insulin injections. The syphilitic lesions cleared rapidly. In the follow-up VDRL titer was negative. "Lues maligna" is an unusual ulcerative variant of secondary syphilis which has been observed more frequently in HIV-infected patients in the last years. The occurrence of this aggressive variant in the clinical setting of diabetes mellitus is extremely rare.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1610-0379
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
780-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
["Lues maligna" in a female patient with diabetes].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik und Poliklinik für Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg. hofmann_u1@klinik.uni-wuerzburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports