Abstract
The current literature reported an increase in cases of syphilis in different regions of Latin America. The aim of this study is to present a series of 19 cases from the Oral Medicine Department, Dentistry College, National University of Cordoba in Argentina with secondary syphilis diagnosed by oral lesions and serologic antibody studies from 2010 to 2018. A wide range of variable clinical presentations and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) titers were recorded in order to establish an association between antibody tests and clinical progression of oral lesions. A high increase of the disease diagnosed at our institution in the last decade was also reported worldwide. This phenomenon suggests the reemergence of a sexually transmitted infection that was believed to have been controlled. Oral syphilis mimics many other diseases becoming a diagnostic challenge for the clinician. Early diagnosis of the disease could avoid the spread of the infection.
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