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Subclinical syphilitic hepatitis, which was markedly worsened by a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction
Y Taniguchi1, Y Nakae, K Ikoma
1Department of Medicine, Aishinkai Nakae Hospital, Wakayama, Japan.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|June 11, 1999
Abstract:
Early syphilitic hepatitis is uncommon and tends to be overlooked. However, the diagnosis of this disease is important, because appropriate treatment results in rapid resolution of the hepatitis. We report a case of subclinical early syphilitic hepatitis exaggerated by a Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction. This reaction helped to realize the diagnosis in this case.