Congenital Syphilis - Signs and Symptoms

Signs and Symptoms

See also: List of dental abnormalities associated with cutaneous conditions
  • abnormal x-rays.
  • Hutchinson's triad, a set of symptoms consisting of deafness, Hutchinson's teeth (centrally notched, widely-spaced peg-shaped upper central incisors), and interstitial keratitis (IK), an inflammation of the cornea which can lead to corneal scarring and potentially blindness.
  • mulberry molars (permanent first molars with multiple poorly developed cusps).
  • frontal bossing.
  • poorly developed maxillae.
  • enlarged liver.
  • enlarged spleen.
  • petechiae.
  • other skin rash.
  • sabre shins.
  • anemia.
  • lymph node enlargement.
  • jaundice.
  • pseudoparalysis.
  • snuffles, the name given to rhinitis in this situation. When chronic, this can lead to saddle nose deformity.
  • rhagades, linear scars at the angles of the mouth and nose result from bacterial infection of skin lesions.
  • Higoumenakis sign, enlargement of the sternal end of clavicle in late congenital syphilis.

Death from congenital syphilis is usually through pulmonary hemorrhage.

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