RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary syphilis of the fingers
JF The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
JO Br J Vener Dis
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 169
OP 171
DO 10.1136/sti.59.3.169
VO 59
IS 3
A1 Starzycki, Z
YR 1983
UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/59/3/169.abstract
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.