Catalog

Secondary syphilitic gastritis

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Link to WHO Definition

Secondary syphilitic gastritis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/159444979

Symptomatic secondary syphilitic gastritis is uncommon, occurring in less than 1% of patients with syphilis in the antibiotic era. The most common symptoms include nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain and anorexia; rarely, acute bleeding, gastric perforation and/or obstruction may occur.