title: Granulomatous tertiary syphilis.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman presented with progressive acute organic brain syndrome and peculiar scarring skin lesions that on biopsy revealed a lymphocytic and granulomatous deep dermal infiltrate. The serologic examination was diagnostic for, and the therapeutic response consistent with, syphilis. This case of tertiary syphilis serves as a reminder of a not-yet-extinct entity.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013591:Syphilis, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology*