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Congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis is syphilis present in utero and at birth, and occurs when a child is born to a mother with secondary or tertiary syphilis. more...

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According to the CDC, 40% of births to syphilitic mothers are stillborn, 40-70% of the survivors will be infected, and 12% of these will subsequently die.

Manifestations of congenital syphilis

  • abnormal x-rays
  • Hutchinson's teeth (centrally notched, widely-spaced peg-shaped upper central incisors)
  • mulberry molars (sixth year molars with multiple poorly developed cusps)
  • frontal bossing
  • saddle nose
  • poorly developed maxillae
  • enlarged liver
  • enlarged spleen
  • petechiae
  • other skin rash
  • anemia
  • lymph node enlargement
  • jaundice
  • pseudoparalysis
  • snuffles, the name given to rhinitis in this situation.
  • rhagades, linear scars at the angles of the mouth and nose result from bacterial infection of skin lesions

Death from congenital syphilis is usually through pulmonary hemorrhage.

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