Syphilelcosis

(sif-il-el-ko' -sis). The condition or progre of svphilitic ulcer- Syphilid, Syphilide (sif'-il-id). Any disease of the skin due to syphilis. S., Acne i form, one of the early and rare forms of the cutaneous manifestations of syphilis. Its favorite positions are the face and shoulders. It is marked by the formation of flat pustules, about the eighth of an inch in diameter, on a dark-red, raised base, with a narrow areola. S., Annular. See Syphiloderma circinatum. S., Bullous, a syphilitic skin-ulceration that occurs in two forms, the rupial and li pemphigoid." They differ from the other vesicular and pustular syphilids in not being placed on a raised, red base, and the areola is often pink, and not the usual raw-ham color. S., Circinate. See Syphiloderma circinatum. S., Ecthyma to us, a form occurring only in the cachectic, and characterized byr the presence of large pustules, which may be superficial or deep, the former occurring mainly in the early stage, the deep in the third period. The lesion commences around a hair follicle, is about a third or a quarter of an inch in diameter, dries into a greenish scab on a raised, red base, develops slowly, and lasts for a few weeks. It is most common on the lower limbs. S., Erythematous. See Roseola , Syphilitic. S., Follicular, Miliary Syphilid; Syphilitic Lichen; a variety of papular syphilid in which the hair-follicles are the seat of the lesion. The lesion may be large or small. The larger occurs in the first six months of the disease, in irregular groups of from three or four to twenty, on the extensor aspect of the limbs and the back. The papules are about the size of a large pin"s head or millet-seed, bright-red at first, soon changing to brownish-red, and crowned with a small scale. They appear in crops. The small form is very rare, is most common in women, and occurs in the first or second year of the disease. The papules are the size of a large or small pin's head, pink at first, then fawn colored, thickly crowded together in groups. S., Her pet i form. See S., Vesicular. S., Impetiginous, Syphilitic Impetigo; small pustules, single or aggregated, appearing on the scalp, and covered by yellowish gray or brown crusts, forming patches around a single hair-group. S., Lenticular, one of the common, early eruptions, often following closely upon or mixed up with the erythematous lesion.