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Chancre: Contents

Chancre: Introduction

Chancre: An ulcer like eruption that is located on an epithelial surface. See detailed information below for a list of 10 causes of Chancre, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Chancre listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Chancre as a symptom include:

See full list of 10 causes of Chancre
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Chancre:

Chancre: The primary lesion of syphilis, which begins at the site of cutaneous or mucosal infection after an interval of 10-30 days as a papule or area of infiltration, of dull red color, hard, and insensitive; the center usually becomes eroded or breaks down into an ulcer that heals slowly after 4-6 weeks. Finding Treponema pallidum on dark-field examination is diagnostic, except in oral ulcers, in which T. microdentium is normally present. SYN: hard chancre, hard sore, hard ulcer, hunterian chancre, syphilitic ulcer (1). [Fr. indirectly from L. cancer]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

A small hard painless nodule at the site of entry of a pathogen (as syphilis)
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Detailed list of causes of Chancre

The list below shows some of the causes of Chancre mentioned in various sources:

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How Common are these Causes of Chancre?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Chancre. Of the 10 causes of Chancre that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "common" diseases
  • 0 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 2 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 8 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 10 causes of Chancre

Conditions listing symptoms: Chancre:

The following list of conditions have 'Chancre' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

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  • African Sleeping sickness ... chancre

    E

  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... chancre

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  • Syphilis ... chancre

    W

  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... chancre

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    Medical Conditions associated with Chancre:

    Genital sores (22 causes), Genital symptoms (468 causes), Sexual symptoms (1531 causes)

    Symptoms related to Chancre:

    Genital ulcers (22 causes), Vaginal symptoms (142 causes), Penile symptoms (295 causes), Genital symptoms (468 causes), Syphilis, Treponema pallidum, Haemophilus ducreyi, Sleeping sickness, African trypanosomiasis, Direct physical contact

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