Medicina (Apr 2024)

Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia

  • Claudia Guerrero Muñoz,
  • Andres Castañeda Agredo,
  • Maria Jose Romero Valle,
  • Andrés Mauricio Silva Silva,
  • Marta León del Campo,
  • Claudia Azpirtarte Sánchez,
  • Marta Domínguez Fraga,
  • Manuel Vicente Milán Pilo,
  • Benjamin Arturo Polo Lorduy,
  • Agustina González Guirado,
  • María Jesus Martín Relloso,
  • Paloma Sánchez-Fayos Calabuig,
  • Orencio Bosch Esteva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040629
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 60, no. 4
p. 629

Abstract

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We present the case of a 35-year-old male with a first-degree family history of gastric cancer (his father was diagnosed at the age of 45), who was presumed to have gastric cancer himself when evaluating the features of his upper endoscopy performed after hematemesis. Surprisingly, no cancer cells were found in the biopsies. Thanks to a different diagnostic suspicion subsequent to performing a full clinical history, a more favorable diagnosis was reached: gastric syphilis.

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