Primary Syphilis on the Finger

Palfi, Z.; Pónyai, Katinka; Várkonyi, Viktória; Kárpáti, Sarolta

doi:10.1159/000148254

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“…It is often misdiagnosed as furuncle, herpetic gangrene, pustular ulcer, suppurative granuloma, milker's nodules, sheep pox, anthrax, sores, and chancroid pyoderma (the superficial ulcer of the disease is quite similar to syphilitic hard chancre and easily confused). Basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma must also be distinguished (López-Jiménez et al, 2021;Palfi et al, 2008).…”

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Extragenital Chancre in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Six Cases from China

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Extragenital Chancre in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Six Cases from China

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“…The most common site of primary lesions in women is the labia, cervix uteri, vaginal mucosa, or the genital area. However, atypical sites include the vermilion border of the lips, buccal mucosa, the tongue and the tonsils [2, 8, 9].…”

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Syphilis and a pregnant woman: a real danger for the woman and the child

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Gerke³

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“…They result from manipulations involving the genitalia both in diagnosis and operative work and in digital explorations of the oral cavity. Many cases of primary chancres on the fingers in health-care workers 8 –11 and after direct sexual contact 12 –15 are described. There are also cases of primary syphilis on the wrist, 16 hand 8,17 and arm.…”

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Primary syphilitic chancres on arms, fingers and hands: more common than reported

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2013

Int J STD AIDS

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Aichelburg and Rieger 1 report in this journal of a primary syphilitic chancre on the upper arm. To their knowledge only three cases of syphilitic chancres have been described on the arm, hand and finger. However, the older literature is loaded with descriptions of extra-genital chancres, among which there are numerous cases on the hands, fingers and arms. 2-5 Alfred Fournier 6 found among 642 extra-genital chancres, 56 (23%) on the upper extremity. Jeanselme 7 reported on 31,669 extra-genital chancres and found among those 1881 primary chancres on the fingers and hand and 198 on the arms. Primary chancres of the finger were at the end of the 19th century and first half of the 20th century a well-known occupational hazard of physicians, surgeons, midwives, nurses and dentists caring for syphilitic patients. They result from manipulations involving the genitalia both in diagnosis and operative work and in digital explorations of the oral cavity. Many cases of primary chancres on the fingers in health-care workers 8-11 and after direct sexual contact 12-15 are described. There are also cases of primary syphilis on the wrist, 16 hand 8,17 and arm. 18 Among the extra-genital syphilitic chancres, those on fingers, hands and arms are less rare than usually reported, especially when one studies the older handbooks and articles on venereal diseases. It is then no trouble to find literature mentioning, describing and illustrating more than 2500 cases of primary syphilis of the finger, hand and arm.

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Primary Syphilis on the Finger

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Extragenital Chancre in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Six Cases from China

Extragenital Chancre in Men Who Have Sex with Men: Six Cases from China

Syphilis and a pregnant woman: a real danger for the woman and the child

Primary syphilitic chancres on arms, fingers and hands: more common than reported

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