TY - JOUR AU - Dumalag, Lucy B. AB - Abstract • Relapsing secondary syphilis of which syphilitic enteritis was a major manifestation developed in a 40-year-old man. The enteritis was demonstrated by biopsy. Clinical and histologic resolution of the enteritis followed antisyphilitic therapy. (Arch Intern Med 1984;144:811-812) References 1. Sachar DB, Klein RS, Swerdlow F, et al: Erosvie syphilitic gastritis: Dark-field and immunofluorescent diagnosis from biopsy specimen. Ann Intern Med 1974;80:512-515.Crossref 2. Nazemi MM, Musher DM, Schell RF, et al: Syphilitic proctitis in a homosexual. JAMA 1975;231:389-391.Crossref 3. Drusin LM, Singer C, Valenti AJ, et al: Infectious syphilis mimicking neoplastic disease. Arch Intern Med 1977;137:156-160.Crossref 4. Mandell GL, Douglas RG, Bennett JE: Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease . New York, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1979. 5. Hoeprich PD: Infectious Diseases . Hagerstown, Md, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1977. 6. Fitzpatrick TB, Eisen A, Wolff K, et al: Dermatology in General Medicine . New York, McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1979. 7. Fitzgerald F: The great imitator syphilis: Medical Staff Conference, University of California, San Francisco. West J Med 1981;134:424-432. 8. Osler W: Principles and Practice of Medicine , ed 13, revised by Christian HA. New York, Appleton-Century Co Inc, 1938, pp 344-369. 9. Stokes JH, Beerman H, Ingraham NR: Modern Clinical Syphilology . Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1944. 10. Mortimore JL: Syphilis in the duodenum. Am J Syphilis 1917;1: 473-477. 11. Basoe H: Multiple syphilitic ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. AJR 1958;80:57-59. 12. Bockus HL, Bank J: Upper gastro-intestinal disease associated with syphilis. JAMA 1928;90:175-180.Crossref 13. Scully RE, Gladabini JJ, McNeely BU: Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. N Engl J Med 1976;295:1421-1429.Crossref TI - Syphilitic Enteritis JO - Archives of Internal Medicine DO - 10.1001/archinte.1984.00350160175028 DA - 1984-04-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-medical-association/syphilitic-enteritis-zWRVkrpGSK SP - 811 EP - 812 VL - 144 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -