ArticleCase reports in surgery2015
The Great Pretender: Rectal Syphilis Mimic a Cancer.
Article in Case reports in surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Infectious Proctitis Mimicking Advanced Rectal Cancer: A Case Report and Update on the Differential Diagnosis of Rectal Ulcerations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Severe Rectal Syphilis in the Setting of Profound HIV Immunosuppression: A Case Report Highlighting ERG/CD38 Immunophenotyping and a Review of the Literature.Infectious disease reports · 2025Article
- [Rectal Syphilis Mimicking Malignancy: A Case Report].Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2024Article
- Painful Anal Ulcers in an HIV-Negative Young Woman: An Atypical Presentation of Syphilis.Cureus · 2023Article
- Case series of perianal and pelvic MRI imaging findings in monkeypox.BJR case reports · 2023Article
- Primary syphilis with a tongue ulcer mimicking tongue cancer: a case report.The Journal of international medical research · 2023Article
- Exploring the attitudes of men who have sex with men on anal self-examination for early detection of primary anorectal syphilis: a qualitative study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Infectious Granulomatous Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2021Review
- Rectal cancer mimic: a rare case of syphilitic proctitis.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
- Rectal ischemia causes mass formation, masquerading as rectal cancer.Oxford medical case reports · 2018Article
- Was that endoscopy necessary?Indian journal of sexually transmitted diseases and AIDSArticle
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Abstract
Rectal syphilis is a rare expression of the widely recognised sexual transmitted disease, also known as the great imitator for its peculiarity of being confused with mild anorectal diseases because of its vague symptoms or believed rectal malignancy, with the concrete risk of overtreatment. We present the case of a male patient with primary rectal syphilis, firstly diagnosed as rectal cancer; the medical, radiological, and endoscopic features are discussed below.
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