An unusual cause of epigastric pain: Gastric syphilis

Naoya Itoh; Shun Iida; Masahiro Tajika

doi:10.1002/jgf2.712

An unusual cause of epigastric pain: Gastric syphilis

J Gen Fam Med. 2024 Jun 24;25(5):282-283. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.712. eCollection 2024 Sep.

Authors

Naoya Itoh^{1

2

3}, Shun Iida⁴, Masahiro Tajika⁵

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases Aichi Cancer Center Hospital Nagoya Aichi Japan.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya City University Nagoya Aichi Japan.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases Nagoya City University East Medical Center Nagoya Aichi Japan.
⁴ Department of Pathology National Institute of Infectious Diseases Tokyo Japan.
⁵ Department of Endoscopy Aichi Cancer Center Hospital Nagoya Aichi Japan.

Abstract

(A) Gastroscopy showing multiple geographic erosions with white plaques from the angulus to the antrum. (B) Immunohistochemical staining for Treponema pallidum following gastric biopsy showing an abundance of brown syphilis spirochetes.

Keywords: infectious diseases.