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Nicholas J. Fiumara, MD, MPH; Earl A. Walker, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108(1):43-44.

Abstract
• A 42-year-old patient with an ulcerative left tonsil that was not particularly painful was examined. The routine blood test for syphilis was reactive. The patient was found to have a chancre of the left tonsil. Painless ulcers of the left tonsil in a sexually active individual should be considered as possibly syphilitic.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1982;108:43-44)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Communicable and Venereal Diseases, Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Dr Fiumara); and the Departments of Dermatology, Boston University (Dr Fiumara), Tufts-New England Medical Center (Dr Fiumara), and Boston City Hospital (Drs Fiumara and Walker), Boston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 26, 1981.

Reprint requests to 600 Washington St, Room 606, Boston, MA 02111 (Dr Fiumara).

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