Skeletal presentation of congenital syphilis: case report and review of the literature.
Congenital syphilis is a rare disease. Primary skeletal presentation is also unusual, and recognition and prompt treatment are necessary to avoid devastating consequences. Differential diagnoses include trauma, Caffey's disease, scurvy, and hypervitaminosis D. Penicillin treatment will reverse most changes.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010000:Osteitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010402:Penicillin G Procaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010522:Periostitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D010402:Penicillin G Procaine