RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A case of pulmonary nodules in a patient living with HIV diagnosed with secondary syphilis
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e243765
DO 10.1136/bcr-2021-243765
VO 14
IS 8
A1 Natasha Bell
A1 Margherita Bracchi
A1 Anton Pozniak
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/8/e243765.abstract
AB We discuss a case of secondary syphilis with pulmonary involvement in a 45-year-old man who tested positive for HIV. He presented with dyspnoea, chest pain and a rash on his limbs and torso. A CT showed multiple bilateral necrotic lung nodules. A diagnosis of pulmonary syphilis was made due to his respiratory symptoms and imaging, his serological, histopathology findings, and the resolution of symptoms on treatment with benzathine penicillin.