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

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• 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://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86821977000500004; https://doaj.org/article/be19bd62e9bd4ec4acac33a116ce9342

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.