International Journal of STD & AIDS > Volume 19, Number 11 > Pp. 793-794

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Case reports

A case of gastric syphilis with neurosyphilis presented as epigastric pain

H W Jeong MD PhD ^* , W J Jeon MD ^* and R H Sung MD 

^* Department of Internal Medicine; Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 361–711, Republic of Korea

Correspondence to: Dr Hye Won Jeong Email: hwjeong{at}medimail.co.kr

Gastric syphilis has non-specific symptoms and various endoscopic and radiographic findings. Spirochetes are seen infrequently in biopsy specimens and the pathological findings are often non-specific. So it is very difficult to make a definitive diagnosis of gastric syphilis based on clinical symptoms and biopsy findings. We report the case of a gastric syphilis with neurosyphilis presented with epigastric pain. This case reminds us that gastric syphilis is one possibility in ulcerative gastric lesions.

Key Words: gastric syphilis • stomach • Treponema pallidum

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