Polymetastatic testicular cancer turns out to be secondary syphilis: a case report

Mateusz M Polaczek; Katarzyna Smolarczyk; Inga Baranska; Renata Langfort; Slawomir Majewski

doi:10.1071/SH19111

Polymetastatic testicular cancer turns out to be secondary syphilis: a case report

Sex Health. 2020 Feb;17(1):96-99. doi: 10.1071/SH19111.

Authors

Mateusz M Polaczek¹, Katarzyna Smolarczyk², Inga Baranska³, Renata Langfort⁴, Slawomir Majewski²

Affiliations

¹ 3rd Department of Lung Diseases and Oncology National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland; and Department of Anatomy, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chalubinskiego Street, 02005 Warsaw, Poland; and Corresponding author: Email: polaczek@me.com.
² Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Warsaw, 82 Koszykowa Street, 02008 Warsaw, Poland.
³ Radiology Department, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ Pathology Department, National Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases Research Institute, 26 Plocka Street, 01138 Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 31928613
DOI: 10.1071/SH19111

Abstract

Syphilis is a sexually transmissible infection, with increasing rates of infection worldwide. The differential diagnosis of syphilis should include various diseases, not excluding cancer. Making the right diagnosis can protect the patient against life-threatening complications and the repercussions of a misdiagnosis, as in the present case (orchidectomy).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors*
Humans
Male
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / physiopathology*
Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / surgery*
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / diagnosis*
Syphilis / diagnosis*
Syphilis / physiopathology
Testicular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Testicular Neoplasms / physiopathology
Testicular Neoplasms / surgery*
Treatment Outcome

Supplementary concepts

Testicular Germ Cell Tumor