Gumma_of_nose_due_to_a_long_standing_tertiary_syphilitic_Treponema_pallidum_infection_5330_lores.jpg

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English: This patient presented with a gumma of nose due to a long standing tertiary syphilitic Treponema pallidum infection. Without treatment, an infected person still has syphilis even though there are no signs or symptoms. It remains in the body, and it may begin to damage the internal organs, including the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, blood vessels, liver, bones, and joints.

Date

1976

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This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #5330 .

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CDC/ J. Pledger

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This image is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services , taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government , the image is in the public domain .

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1976