title: A case of tertiary neurosyphilis presenting with moth-eaten bone lesions.
abstract: Syphilis, the "great imitator," with regard to skin diseases, is a chronic systemic infectious disease with a clinical course that waxes and wanes. The incidence of tertiary syphilis had decreased drastically these decades. We report a case of tertiary neurosyphilis presenting with moth-eaten bone lesions of the lower extremities. To the best of our knowledge, we have not seen such reports.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China; Department of Dermatology, No.1 Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Gang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yuan-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xing-Hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Hong-Duo
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ya-Qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001850:Bone Diseases, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D011859:Radiography; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Treponema pallidum; bone lesions; tertiary syphilis