PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Starzycki, Z TI - Primary syphilis of the fingers AID - 10.1136/sti.59.3.169 DP - 1983 Jun 01 TA - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases PG - 169--171 VI - 59 IP - 3 4099 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/59/3/169.short 4100 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/59/3/169.full SO - Br J Vener Dis1983 Jun 01; 59 AB - Six patients were seen with primary syphilitic chancres on their fingers between 1965 and 1980. Of these, two had bipolar chancres on their fingers and genitals resulting from sexual foreplay. Because syphilis is rarely suspected in such cases diagnostic errors are common.