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Acute hepatitis as a manifestation of secondary syphilis
Hepatitis aguda como manifestación de sífilis secundaria
Raúl Honrubia-López
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, Jose Luis Rueda-García, Aurora Burgos-García, Ruben Fernández-Martos, Pedro Mora-Sanz
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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endotheliitis&#44; cholangitis or pericholangitis&#41; unless the spirochete is detected in the hepatic lobule&#44; which is very uncommon&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a> Therefore&#44; although some authors consider it advisable to perform a liver biopsy for the definitive diagnosis&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> it does not seem to be essential&#46; In most of the patients described in the literature&#44; syphilis coexists with other sexually transmitted diseases &#40;HBV&#44; HCV&#44; HIV&#44; etc&#46;&#41;&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> so it has to be taken into account that finding one cause of liver disease does not exclude others&#46;</p><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The treatment of syphilitic hepatitis consists of administration of penicillin G benzathine&#44; or doxycycline or macrolides in the case of allergy to beta-lactams&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> In the second week of treatment&#44; jaundice &#40;an idiosyncratic reaction known as Jarisch&#8211;Herxheimer&#41; with uncertain pathophysiology may develop&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> but it clears up without sequelae in virtually all cases&#46;</p><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our patient&#44; liver involvement represented an unusual manifestation of secondary syphilis&#44; as no pyrexia&#44; palmoplantar rash or nephrotic syndrome were detected&#46; Nor did he have any other concomitant sexually transmitted disease&#46; The previous epidemiological history in his partner &#40;not revealed initially by the patient&#41;&#44; the cholestasis with elevation of alkaline phosphatase and&#44; finally&#44; the positive serology&#44; pointed to the diagnosis&#46; The atypical location of the syphilitic chancre on the tonsil was interesting and confirms the importance of a thorough history and physical examination&#46; As the genome amplification was positive for <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">T&#46; pallidum</span> and the patient had an excellent response to the antibiotic treatment&#44; liver biopsy was not considered necessary&#46;</p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In conclusion&#44; liver dysfunction related to secondary syphilis is an uncommon occurrence&#44; but should be suspected in at-risk patients&#46; Liver biopsy is not considered essential for diagnosis in all cases&#46; In the majority of patients&#44; the outcome is excellent once they start treatment with penicillin G benzathine&#46;</p></span>"
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