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3824

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This image depicts a close inferoanterior view of a patient’s chin, allowing you to see these papillomatous lesions that had developed in this 30 year-old woman, after she had breastfed her 13-month-old infant. The infection was diagnosed as yaws, and began as a lesion on her left breast (PHIL 3835), spreading to her back (PHIL 3836). The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test, or VDRL, produced a positive result of 1:8, and was accompanied by the microhemagglutination assay (MHA-TP) test, which was also reactive, or positive. Treatment for this patient consisted of an intramuscular injection of 2.4 million units of benzathine benzylpenicillin, also known as benzathine penicillin G. For a view of this patient's chin after one week of treatment, see PHIL 3839.

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CDC/ Dr. Peter Perine

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