Malignant syphilis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A case report

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29176/2590843X.1798

Keywords:

HIV, Penicillin, Skin ulcers, Syphilis

Abstract

We present the case of a 59-year-old male patient diagnosed with HIV infection since 2008 on intermittent antiretroviral therapy with dolutegravir+lamivudine/abacavir, stage C3 (viral load 29,855 and CD4 count 40) who was admitted for clinical picture of two months of evolution consisting of the appearance of non-pruritic nodular ulcerated cutaneous lesions on the face and lower limbs associated with loss of visual acuity in the left eye, on physical examination with ulcerated lesions with necrotic and hyperkeratotic edges, for which reason they were requested extension studies within which he presented reactive VDRL, which is why a skin biopsy was requested due to the suspicion of malignant syphilis, as well as lumbar puncture and ophthalmological assessment confirming Neurophilis and panuveitis. Finally, the skin biopsy report showed lesions compatible with malignant syphilis, for which he was treated with single-dose benzathine penicillin and crystalline penicillin due to involvement in the CNS and in the eye, with complete resolution of the symptoms.

Author Biographies

Camila Ramirez Bohorquez, Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá D.C.

Médica hospitalaria en Infectología, Hospital Simón Bolívar.

Hugo Páez, Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá D.C.

Médico internista e infectólogo. Especialista en Tuberculosis Multidrogorresistente. Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá D.C.

Felipe Casallas, Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá D.C.

Médico hospitalario en Infectología, Hospital Simón Bolívar.

Oscar Briceño, Hospital Simón Bolívar, Bogotá D.C.

Médico internista. Magíster en VIH. Grupo de infectología del Hospital Simón Bolívar.

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Ramirez Bohorquez C, Páez H, Casallas F, Briceño O. Malignant syphilis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A case report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];31(4):304-11. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/1798

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Ramirez Bohorquez C, Páez H, Casallas F, Briceño O. Malignant syphilis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A case report. rev. asoc. colomb. dermatol. cir. dematol. [Internet]. 2024 Jan. 29 [cited 2024 Jul. 3];31(4):304-11. Available from: https://revista.asocolderma.org.co/index.php/asocolderma/article/view/1798
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