The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice

22 patients with a history of syphilitic contact, skin lesions and positive serology were evaluated by physical examination, tiver function tests and líver biopsy for evidence of hepatic lesions secondary to treponema infection. Only minimal evidences of hepatic damage were revealed by clinical exam...

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Main Authors: H.C. Hercules, R. Figliuolo, S. Figliuolo
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1977
Subjects:
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8dae039742684ccf8e4cc71c306e4c5d
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8dae039742684ccf8e4cc71c306e4c5d 2023-05-15T14:58:18+02:00 The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice H.C. Hercules R. Figliuolo S. Figliuolo 1977-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/8dae039742684ccf8e4cc71c306e4c5d EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821977000500004 https://doaj.org/toc/0037-8682 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 0037-8682 1678-9849 https://doaj.org/article/8dae039742684ccf8e4cc71c306e4c5d Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 181-187 (1977) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 1977 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T23:06:51Z 22 patients with a history of syphilitic contact, skin lesions and positive serology were evaluated by physical examination, tiver function tests and líver biopsy for evidence of hepatic lesions secondary to treponema infection. Only minimal evidences of hepatic damage were revealed by clinical examination and liver function tests. On biopsy 21 cases of NSRH were noted with one case of gramioma formation. No spirochaetes were found, so these findings could not be attributed to a direct action of the treponema. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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RC955-962
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RC955-962
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R. Figliuolo
S. Figliuolo
The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
topic_facet Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
description 22 patients with a history of syphilitic contact, skin lesions and positive serology were evaluated by physical examination, tiver function tests and líver biopsy for evidence of hepatic lesions secondary to treponema infection. Only minimal evidences of hepatic damage were revealed by clinical examination and liver function tests. On biopsy 21 cases of NSRH were noted with one case of gramioma formation. No spirochaetes were found, so these findings could not be attributed to a direct action of the treponema.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author H.C. Hercules
R. Figliuolo
S. Figliuolo
author_facet H.C. Hercules
R. Figliuolo
S. Figliuolo
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title The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
title_short The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
title_full The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
title_fullStr The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
title_full_unstemmed The liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
title_sort liver in secondary syphilis clinical, laboratory and histopathological investigation of 22 patients without jaundice
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
publishDate 1977
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op_source Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 11, Iss 5, Pp 181-187 (1977)
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