SYPHILIS OF THE STOMACH: A CASE REPORT
Authors: Walter Lincoln Palmer, Rudolf Schindler, Frederic E. Templeton, Eleanor M. Humphreys
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Case Reports1 March 1943SYPHILIS OF THE STOMACH: A CASE REPORTWALTER LINCOLN PALMER, M.D., F.A.C.P., RUDOLF SCHINDLER, M.D., FREDERIC E. TEMPLETON, M.D., ELEANOR M. HUMPHREYS, M.D.WALTER LINCOLN PALMER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, RUDOLF SCHINDLER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FREDERIC E. TEMPLETON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ELEANOR M. HUMPHREYS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-18-3-393 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe occurrence of gastric syphilis has been so well established that further proof of its existence is, in our opinion, not needed.1-31 The instructive case herein reported is of interest because the classical pathologic criteria are so well fulfilled and because the diagnostic difficulties are well illustrated.CASE REPORTThe patient, a male 36 years of age, was admitted to the University clinics on November 26, 1940, complaining of anorexia, bloating, distention, abdominal distress, nausea, vomiting and loss of weight. He had been perfectly well until January 1940, when he began to notice a continuing lack of appetite. On May...Bibliography1. 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