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PUNCHED-OUT ULCER [1 record]

Record 1 2013-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Late benign syphilis of the skin. Gumma. As it increases in size and involves more superficial layers of the dermis, the skin appears red and eventually breaks down to form a punched-out ulcer.

OBS

punched-out: Having the appearance of substance or tissue having been removed with a punch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
OBS

Les ulcères syphilitiques succèdent à une gomme, avec des phases classiques de crudité, de maturation, de ramollissement, d'envahissement cutané et de fistule, à bords polycycliques, à l'emporte-pièce.

Spanish

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