Examples of chancre in the following topics:
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- The primary stage classically presents itself with a single chancre (a firm, painless, non-itchy skin ulceration) as shown in .
- Approximately three to 90 days after the initial exposure (average 21 days) a skin lesion, called a chancre, appears at the point of contact.
- This chancre is classically a single, firm, painless, non-itchy skin ulceration with a clean base and sharp borders between 0.3 and 3.0 cm in size.
- The chancre is usually firm, round, small, and painless, appearing at the spot where syphilis entered the body.
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- The primary stage classically presents with a single chancre (a firm, painless, non-itchy skin ulceration), secondary syphilis with a diffuse rash which frequently involves the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, latent syphilis with little to no symptoms, and tertiary syphilis with gummas, neurological, or cardiac symptoms.
- Approximately three to 90 days after the initial exposure (average 21 days) a skin lesion, called a chancre, appears at the point of contact.
- Lymph node enlargement frequently (80%) occurs around the area of infection, occurring seven to 10 days after chancre formation.
- Many people who present with secondary syphilis (40–85% of women, 20–65% of men) do not report previously having had the classic chancre of primary syphilis.LatentLatent syphilis is defined as having serologic proof of infection without symptoms of disease.