作者: Paul Zaharopoulos , Jick Wong
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199701)16:1<35::AID-DC8>3.0.CO;2-U
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摘要: We report on a case of 68-yr-old man with secondary syphilis diagnosed by biopsy skin lesions, who concomitantly suffered from left lower lobe pneumonia associated pleuritis. Cytologic examination the pleural fluid was diagnostic syphilis, not only characteristic cytomorphology but also demonstration spirochetes May-Grunwald-Giemsa (MGG) and Steiner staining methods. This suggests that syphilitic. The patient seropositive for HIV-1, this probably did contribute to thoracic manifestations as there no evidence immunodeficiency CD4/CD8 T lymphocyte count. is second reported Treponema pallidum in fluid, first cytopathologic examination. Diagn. Cytopathol. 16:35–38, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.