title: Persistent bony lesions in congenital syphilis. A report of three cases.
abstract: We report three cases of congenital syphilis with bony lesions which were unusual because they were unilateral and asymmetrical. They did not heal with conventional penicillin treatment and they resulted in angular deformities, shortening of the limb and pseudarthrosis following pathological fractures.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gadea
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Figueredo
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bowen
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007866:Leg / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011542:Pseudarthrosis / Q000209:etiology; D013590:Syphilis, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins