Syphilis: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96).

Syphilis connata

  • Erythroblastosis fetalis (Morbus hemolytcus neonatorum) – destruction of fetal erythrocytes (red blood cells) usually caused by blood group incompatibility with the mother

Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90) tertiary stage.

Skin and subcutaneous (L00-L99).

Secondary stage

  • Psoriasis (psoriasis)

Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).

Syphilis connata

  • Cytomegalovirus infection – viral infectious disease.
  • Herpes simplex infection – viral infectious disease.
  • Rubella – infectious disease
  • Toxoplasmosis – bacterial infectious disease with the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii.

Primary stage

  • Frambösie – non-venereal infectious disease occurring in tropical regions, belonging to the group of tropical treponematoses.
  • Granuloma inguinale (granuloma venereum; donovanosis) – tropical disease.
  • Herpes simplex infection – viral infection.
  • Ulcus molle (soft chancre) – infectious disease transmissible through sexual intercourse.

Secondary stage

  • Condylomata acuminata (genital warts)
  • HIV infection
  • Measles
  • Pityriasis rosea (fungal infection)

Tertiary stage

Mouth, esophagus (food pipe), stomach and intestine (K00-K67; K90-K93).

Secondary stage

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).

Primary stage

  • Carcinomas (cancers) of the affected body regions, such as cervical carcinoma (cancer of the cervix).

Tertiary stage

  • Mycosis fungoides – a cutaneous (located in the skin) T-cell lymphoma that is a malignant (malignant) degeneration of cells belonging to the immune system (develops slowly over several years; in early stages, pruritus (itching) and a red, scaly patch are present, darker patches may also develop)

Injuries, poisonings and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98).

Primary stage

  • Superinfected lesions after injury

Secondary stage

Neurosyphilis