THE CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS OF THE LUNG; WITH REPORT OF A CASE
Authors: B F ROYCE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 September 1950THE CRITERIA FOR CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF SYPHILIS OF THE LUNG; WITH REPORT OF A CASEBYRON F. ROYCE, M.D.BYRON F. ROYCE, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-3-700 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1924, Howard2stated that 200 cases of syphilis of the lung had been reported in the literature. He felt that this disease could no longer be considered a rarity. The majority of cases reported were from large autopsy series. These reports are reviewed in papers by Hartung and Freedman4; Jacobs8; Hamilton and Wexler10; Lyons, Brogan and Sawyer15; Wilson,21and Kulchar and Windholz.22Denman5and Warring13stated that syphilis of the lung cannot be definitely diagnosed clinically. These authors considered clinical pulmonary syphilis a rare condition, as did Reynolds and Moore.12However, cases without autopsy or demonstration of theSpirochaeta...Bibliography1. Funk EH: Syphilis with pulmonary manifestations. The problem of diagnosis, M. Clin. North America 6: 883-892, 1923. Google Scholar2. Howard CP: Pulmonary syphilis, Am. J. Syph. 8: 1-33, 1924. Google Scholar3. Ornstein GG: Pulmonary syphilis, M. Clin. North America 9: 357-370, 1925. Google Scholar4. HartungFreedman AJ: Pulmonary syphilis, a report of 3 cases of acquired lung syphilis in adults with particular reference to roentgen aspects, J. A. M. A. 98: 1969-1972, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. Denman HC: Syphilis of the lung, Ann. Int. Med. 5: 895-906, 1932. LinkGoogle Scholar6. OlsanChambers HTSO: Syphilitic pneumonia, California and West. Med. 39: 185-189, 1933. MedlineGoogle Scholar7. Cabot RC: Case records of the Massachusetts Gen. Hosp., New England J. Med. 211: 780-782, 1934. Google Scholar8. Jacobs M: Pulmonary syphilis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 31: 453-460, 1935. Google Scholar9. Holinger PH: Indications for bronchoscopy in pulmonary disease, Journal Lancet 65: 235-238, 1945. Google Scholar10. HamiltonWexler CENH: Syphilis of the adult lung, M. Rec. 45: 508-511, 1937. Google Scholar11. PearsonDe Navasquez RSS: Syphilis of the lung, Brit. J. Ven. Dis. 14: 243-268, 1938. MedlineGoogle Scholar12. ReynoldsMoore FWJE: Syphilis, a review of the recent literature, Arch. Int. Med. 80: 679, 1947. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. Warring FC: Coexisting tuberculosis and syphilis, Am. Rev. Tuberc. 40: 175-187, 1939. Google Scholar14. Clark A: A case of syphilis of the lungs, Lancet 241: 420, 1941. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. LyonsBroganSawyer CGAJJG: Syphilis of the lung, Am. J. Roentgenol. 47: 877-881, 1942. Google Scholar16. Banyi A: Pulmonary syphilis, Journal Lancet 55: 17-19, 1935. Google Scholar17. Stokes JH: Modern clinical syphilology, 1944, W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, 3d ed., pp. 1170-1176. Google Scholar18. O'LearyOckuly PAOE: Syphilis of the lung, Journal Lancet 65: 154-156, 1945. Google Scholar19. Cecil RL: Textbook of medicine, 1947, 7th ed., W. B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, p. 921. Google Scholar20. BeckerObermeyer SWME: Modern dermatology and syphilology, 1947, 2nd ed., J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, pp. 841-842; 863-872. Google Scholar21. Wilson JM: Acquired syphilis of the lung; report of a case with autopsy findings and demonstration of spirochetes, Ann. Int. Med. 25: 134-146, 1946. LinkGoogle Scholar22. KulcharWindholz GVF: The clinical, radiologic, and pathologic aspects of late pulmonary syphilis—effects of penicillin therapy, Am. J. Syph., Gonor. and Ven. Dis. 31: 166-180, 1947. MedlineGoogle Scholar23. KernodlePembertonVinson JWP: Syphilis of the lung, Virginia M. Monthly 69: 267, 1942. Google Scholar24. Boyd W: Textbook of pathology, 1943, 4th ed., Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, pp. 439-440. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication March 18, 1948. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySyphilis: A Disease to Exclude in Diagnosing SarcoidosisPulmonary Nodule in Secondary SyphilisCase 16-1981Gutartige Primärtumoren der Bronchien und LungenSekundäre maligne Tumoren der Bronchien und LungenGumma of the lung — a case confirmed by thoracotomy and biopsyLungenluesPathologische Anatomie der SyphilisDie Lungenlues 1 September 1950Volume 33, Issue 3Page: 700-707KeywordsAutopsyLungsSyphilis Issue Published: 1 September 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...