Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Case Description
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Comparison Chart between Case Reports | ||||||
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Case Reports | Time of Infection | Digestive History | Manifestations | Conventional Symptoms | Site of Infection/Suspicion of Gastric Cancer | Final Diagnosis |
Guerrero C, Castañeda A et al. | Unknown | Gastric cancer diagnosed in his father at the age of 45 | Weight loss, hematemesis, epigastric pain, early satiety | No | Antrum/Yes | Pathological anatomy |
Okamoto et al. [5] | Not described | Absent | Epigastric pain, nausea, emesis, weight loss | Yes, Skin Rash | Greater curvature/No | Pathological anatomy |
Lan YM et al. [2] | Same sexual partner for 1 year but his partner was promiscuous | Absent | Epigastric and mesogastric pain, nausea, weight loss | No | Antrum-pylorus/Yes | Pathological anatomy |
Sinagra E et al. [3] | Not described | Absent | Epigastric pain, nausea, anorexia, vomiting, weight loss | Yes, skin rash and lymphadenophaty | Antrum/Yes | Pathological anatomy |
Verma R et al. [7] | Not described | Absent | Hematemesis, epigastric pain | No | Antrum/Yes | Pathological anatomy |
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Guerrero Muñoz, C.; Castañeda Agredo, A.; Romero Valle, M.J.; Silva Silva, A.M.; León del Campo, M.; Azpirtarte Sánchez, C.; Domínguez Fraga, M.; Milán Pilo, M.V.; Polo Lorduy, B.A.; González Guirado, A.; et al. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina 2024, 60, 629. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040629
Guerrero Muñoz C, Castañeda Agredo A, Romero Valle MJ, Silva Silva AM, León del Campo M, Azpirtarte Sánchez C, Domínguez Fraga M, Milán Pilo MV, Polo Lorduy BA, González Guirado A, et al. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina. 2024; 60(4):629. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040629
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuerrero Muñoz, Claudia, 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, and et al. 2024. "Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia" Medicina 60, no. 4: 629. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60040629