UDK: 616.31-006.6:616.31-002.6

Squamous cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa erroneously diagnosed as tertiary gummatous syphilis

A. Y. Rodin, G. W. Erjemina, E. A. Serdjukova

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра дерматовенерологии

Abstract

The article describes the causes of false-positive serological tests for syphilis in the blood. The authors present their own clinical observations of an erroneous diagnosis of tertiary syphilis in a patient aged 56 with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral mucosa.

Keywords

squamous cell carcinoma, tertiary syphilis, false-positive serological tests for syphilis in blood

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