Abstract
A 37-year-old Caucasian male presented with what appeared clinically and diagnostically as testicular and kindey tomour's. However, syphilis serology and histology confirm that the lesions were gumma's. Without routine syphilis serology, the correct diagnosis may have been missed.
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