Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia,<i> Plaques en Prairie Fauchée</i>, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review

<div>Clinical images of the 45-year-old male patient. (a) Shallow, round to oval depapillary erosions on a background of a whitish, nonwipeable hyperkeratotic thickening of the posterior aspect of the tongue, in a pattern of<i> plaques en prairie fauchée</i>. A fibrin-covered commissural papule (split papule) in the left oral commissure is indicated by the arrow. All lesions were very painful. (b) Complete remission after penicillin treatment.</div>

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Figure 1: Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia,<i> Plaques en Prairie Fauchée</i>, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review 

Figure 1 | Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia, Plaques en Prairie Fauchée, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review 