Abstract
Syphilis is an ancient sexually transmitted infection currently facing a vertiginous increase in its incidence. This study reports 2 cases that contribute to this assertion. EJS, a 43-year-old woman, sought the service of stomatology, complaining of a nonhealing ulcer. Clinically, she presented a lesion on the buccal mucosa primarily with an erosive aspect and later as whitish plaques. In the anamnesis she reported unprotected sex. DTM, a 25-year-old man, reporting a complaint of pain when swallowing, presented erythematous, necrotic, and yellowish-white lesions on the oropharynx and palate. In the anamnesis he reported inguinal lymphadenopathy and wounds in the penis that appeared 2 months earlier with spontaneous resolution. Serology test results for syphilis (fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption) were positive for both patients, and treatment recommended by the World Health Organization was instituted as well as compulsory notification and the research of potentially coinfected individuals. Patients and partners responded successfully to treatment, and serology test results for syphilis were negative afterward.
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