Guerrero Muñoz, C.; Castañeda Agredo, A.; Romero Valle, M.J.; Silva Silva, A.M.; León del Campo, M.; Azpirtarte Sánchez, C.; Domínguez Fraga, M.; Milán Pilo, M.V.; Polo Lorduy, B.A.; González Guirado, A.; Martín Relloso, M.J.; Sánchez-Fayos Calabuig, P.; Bosch Esteva, O. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina2024, 60, 629.
Guerrero Muñoz, C.; Castañeda Agredo, A.; Romero Valle, M.J.; Silva Silva, A.M.; León del Campo, M.; Azpirtarte Sánchez, C.; Domínguez Fraga, M.; Milán Pilo, M.V.; Polo Lorduy, B.A.; González Guirado, A.; Martín Relloso, M.J.; Sánchez-Fayos Calabuig, P.; Bosch Esteva, O. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina 2024, 60, 629.
Guerrero Muñoz, C.; Castañeda Agredo, A.; Romero Valle, M.J.; Silva Silva, A.M.; León del Campo, M.; Azpirtarte Sánchez, C.; Domínguez Fraga, M.; Milán Pilo, M.V.; Polo Lorduy, B.A.; González Guirado, A.; Martín Relloso, M.J.; Sánchez-Fayos Calabuig, P.; Bosch Esteva, O. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina2024, 60, 629.
Guerrero Muñoz, C.; Castañeda Agredo, A.; Romero Valle, M.J.; Silva Silva, A.M.; León del Campo, M.; Azpirtarte Sánchez, C.; Domínguez Fraga, M.; Milán Pilo, M.V.; Polo Lorduy, B.A.; González Guirado, A.; Martín Relloso, M.J.; Sánchez-Fayos Calabuig, P.; Bosch Esteva, O. Beyond Tumors: Gastric Syphilis Emulating a Gastric Neoplasia. Medicina 2024, 60, 629.
Abstract
We present the case of a 35-year-old male with first degree family history of gastric cancer (father diagnosed at the age of 45), that was presumed to have gastric cancer himself when evaluating the features of his upper endoscopy performed after hematemesis. Surprisingly, no cancer cells were found in the biopsies. Thanks to a different diagnostic suspicion subsequent to performing a full clinical history, a more favorable diagnosis was reached: gastric syphilis.
Keywords
Endoscopy; gastric cancer; syphilis
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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