TY - JOUR T1 - Secondary syphilis presenting as oral ulcers JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318391 SP - archdischild-2019-318391 AU - Abheek Sil AU - Dibyendu Bikash Bhanja AU - Avik Panigrahi AU - Satarupa Mondal AU - Sayantani Chakraborty Y1 - 2020/01/03 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2020/01/03/archdischild-2019-318391.abstract N2 - A boy, reported by his grandparent carers to be 12 years old, presented with asymptomatic oral lesions for the past 2 months, preceded by sore throat. No history of associated or preceding skin rash was elicited. The condition was initially diagnosed as oral lichen planus and treated with topical corticosteroids by his paediatrician. However, the lesions continued to worsen. Local examination revealed multiple greyish-white, smooth, soggy-looking, well-defined plaques, devoid of papillae and lacy streaks, over the dorsum of tongue with numerous erythematous papules predominating its anterior … ER -