Home   Chapter Home   Jobs   Conferences   Fellowships   Books

Advertisement

Lung-nontumor

Infections

Syphilis

Reviewers: Elliot Weisenberg, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 25 September 2011, last major update September 2011
Copyright: (c) 2003-2011, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.

See also Skin-nontumor chapter

Clinical features
=========================================================================

● Pulmonary involvement rare in secondary syphilis
● In tertiary syphilis, nodular (gummatous) and fibrotic lesions of the lung (usually with pleural involvement) are well established yet uncommon (Chest 2004;125:2322)

Case reports
=========================================================================

● Premature newborn with congenital syphilis, acute hyaline membrane disease and bilateral lung abscesses with spirochetes (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2002;126:484)
● 34 year old HIV+ man with secondary pulmonary syphilis (Clin Infect Dis 2006;42:e11)

Treatment
=========================================================================

● Penicillin

Gross/Micro images
=========================================================================

Lung with uniform consolidated surface and 2 well-delineated, peripheral, white-yellow lesions; Figure 2: Warthin-Starry stain showing numerous spirochetes with characteristic coiling


Inguinal lymph node (different case)

End of Lung-nontumor > Infections > Syphilis

This information is intended for physicians and related personnel, who understand that medical information is often imperfect, and must be interpreted in the context of a patient's clinical data using reasonable medical judgment. This website should not be used as a substitute for the advice of a licensed physician.

All information on this website is protected by copyright of PathologyOutlines.com, Inc. Information from third parties may also be protected by copyright. Please contact us at copyrightPathOut@gmail.com with any questions (click here for other contact information).