Secondary syphilis presenting as cutaneous nodules in a patient previously treated for laryngeal carcinoma
Cohen, P.R.; Hymes, S.R.
Cutis 49(1): 51-54
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0011-4162 PMID: 1733660 Document Number: 394772
A person who had previously been treated for laryngeal carcinoma presented with the new onset of asymptomatic nodular skin lesions. The preliminary differential diagnosis included cutaneous metastasis. Examination of a biopsy specimen of the lesions and results of subsequent laboratory investigation ruled out the possibility of recurrent metastatic disease and established a diagnosis of secondary syphilis. The differential diagnosis of nodular lesions that resemble a lymphoid neoplasm or a cutaneous metastasis in a patient treated for cancer should also include secondary syphilis.