Hepatitis sifilítica: reporte de una serie de casos

• Autores: Gabriel Mezzano, Francisco Rondón, Allyson Cid, Felipe Parra, Andrés Soto, Fernando Gómez, Daniel Jara, María Isabel Jirón
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 147, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 251-255
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Syphilitic hepatitis. Report of three cases
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  • Liver involvement occurs in 0.2 to 3% of patients with syphilis. We report three patients with liver involvement in syphilis. A 52-year-old male presenting with erythema and malaise. Laboratory showed a gamma glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) of 853 u/l, alkaline phosphatases of 1,010 U/L and VDRL was positive. Treatment with penicillin resolved the skin problem and normalized liver enzymes. A HIV positive 30-year-old male in peritoneal dialysis presenting with itching, malaise and markedly elevated GGT and alkaline phosphatases. VDRL was positive. He was treated with penicillin with remission of symptoms and enzyme normalization. A 43-year-old male presenting with erythema, malaise, arthralgias and elevated GGT and alkaline phosphatases. VDRL was positive and treatment with penicillin reverted symptoms and laboratory abnormalities.