Polymetastatic testicular cancer turns out to be secondary syphilis: a case report
Mateusz M. Polaczek A B F , Katarzyna Smolarczyk C , Inga Baranska D , Renata Langfort E and Slawomir Majewski CA 3rd Department of Lung Diseases and Oncology National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland.
B Department of Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego Street, 02005 Warsaw, Poland.
C Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Warsaw, 82 Koszykowa Street, 02008 Warsaw, Poland.
D Radiology Department, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland.
E Pathology Department, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland.
F Corresponding author: Email: polaczek@me.com
Sexual Health 17(1) 96-99 https://doi.org/10.1071/SH19111
Submitted: 2 July 2019 Accepted: 21 October 2019 Published: 14 January 2020
Abstract
Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection, with increasing rates of infection worldwide. The differential diagnosis of syphilis should include various diseases, not excluding cancer. Making the right diagnosis can protect the patient against life-threatening complications and the repercussions of a misdiagnosis, as in the present case (orchidectomy).
Additional keywords: gummas, lung nodules, orchitis, testicular lump.
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