International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 18, Number 7 > Pp. 497-498

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Case reports

Primary syphilis presenting as balanitis

Chitra Sharma Babu, Suni Vitharana and Stephen P Higgins

Department of Genitourinary Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 5RB, UK; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 5RB, UK; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, Manchester M8 5RB, UK

The classical lesion of primary syphilis is a solitary, indurated, painless chancre. Atypical presentations, such as herpetiform ulceration, are well recognized. However, there are few references in the medical literature to primary syphilis presenting as balanitis or balanoposthitis. We report two cases of primary syphilitic balanitis in homosexual men.

Key Words: SYPHILIS • BALANITIS • BALANOPOSTHITIS • CHANCRE

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