Indian Journal of Dermatology (Jan 2012)

Syphilis D′ Emblee

  • Sunil K Gupta,
  • Aarti Bhattacharya,
  • R R Singh,
  • Vivek K Agarwal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.97676
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 57, no. 4
pp. 296 – 298

Abstract

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A 28-year-old male patient presented to Skin, V.D. and Leprosy outpatient with a single gray white plaque on the left side of the lower lip for last 8 months and multiple papulosquamous lesions all over the body for last 6 months. There was history of blood transfusion for anemia 1 year back. Histopathology of lip lesion and reactive VDRL and TPHA tests confirmed the diagnosis as syphilis. We report this rare case of Syphilis d′ emblee.

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