Acute Syphilitic Nephrosis
- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 111 (2) , 228-233
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1963.03620260088016
Abstract
"The manifestations of a genuine syphilitic nephrosis or nephritis are so infrequent that even those who specialize in renal diseases may be confused by their occurrence."1 In 1935, Herrmann and Marr2 published an excellent review of clinical nephropathies related to syphilis. From that date to the present, there have been only 24 cases of syphilitic nephrosis published in the American literature.3 With this knowledge in mind, we are reporting our recent experience with a case of syphilitic nephrosis in a 25-year-old male. Report of a Case On Aug. 29, 1961, a 25-year-old male machinist presented with a 3-day history of facial and abdominal swelling, associated with a "dry" feeling in the epigastric region. Over a 1-week period, he had also noted increasing shortness of breath on exertion and weight gain. He denied venereal disease contact. There was no history of drug ingestion. His past history was noncontributoryThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: