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.