Syphilitic Gumma: A Rare Form of Cutaneous Tertiary Syphilis

Vol. 30, No. 6, 2018 749 Received October 16, 2017, Revised January 4, 2018, Accepted for publication January 12, 2018 Corresponding author: Hyun-sun Park, Department of Dermatology, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: 82-2-870-2880, Fax: 82-2-870-0714, E-mail: snuhdm@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-654X This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology Fig. 1. (A) A nontender dusky-red to brown plaque with deep, centrally punched-out ulcers covered with some crusts and necrotic debris. (B) A significant improvement shown after three intramuscular injections of penicillin G. https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.2018.30.6.749

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