A Case of Syphilis Suspected Preoperatively as a Case of Tongue Cancer

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum (TP). We report a case of syphilis that was initially suspected as tongue cancer. An 86-year-old man consulted a neighborhood clinic with an approximately one-month history of pain in the right tongue. The result of scraping cyt...

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Main Authors: Shigeru Kondo, Ryuhei Okada, Yosuke Ariizumi, Takashi Kurita, Hiroshi Shintaku, Takahiro Asakage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/9469814
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