Images in clinical medicine: Syphilitic gumma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 45-year-old woman presented to a clinic in rural Uganda with a 1-year history of a progressively enlarging ulcerated mass on the hard palate. The mass had initially been painless but recently had become painful and was causing difficulty in speaking and swallowing.
Medical subject headings
- Granuloma
- Palate, Hard
- Syphilis
- Treponema pallidum