01093nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653001200054653001300066653001100079653001400090100001600104700001500120700001200135700001200147700001800159245005600177856008700233300000900320490000600329520052800335       2015                            d10aMimicry10aleprosy10aSyphilis10aBrazil10adiagnosis1 aFerreira CP1 aMedeiros V1 aMaia RC1 aSales A1 aCosta Nery JA00aSecondary Syphilis Mimicking Leprosy Type1 Reaction  uhttp://scitechnol.com/secondary-syphilis-mimicking-leprosy-type1-reaction-dxwB.pdf  a1 p.0 v43 a<div dir="ltr">Syphilis and leprosy have cutaneous manifestations with great lesional polymorphism with subsequent difficult differential diagnosis. Both have additional tests that, in certain situations, are inconclusive, making it difficult to confirm the clinical diagnosis. In medical literature there are several clinical cases reported in which patients with syphilis were erroneously diagnosed and treated as having leprosy. Physicians need to maintain a high index of suspicion for the diagnosis of syphilis</div>