Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Syphilis can present as primary, secondary, tertiary, or congenital. It can have an effect on many different organ systems and tissues leading to a wide variety of symptoms and complications; one rare ma...
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| description | Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Syphilis can present as primary, secondary, tertiary, or congenital. It can have an effect on many different organ systems and tissues leading to a wide variety of symptoms and complications; one rare manifestation is bone involvement. The patient in this case was diagnosed with secondary and early neurosyphilis and was also found to have skull lesions that were due to Treponema pallidum. There are guidelines for the treatment of primary, secondary, tertiary, and congenital syphilis; however, there are currently no guidelines for the treatment of syphilis with bone involvement. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a88017f43d904875ad0913e0f2c2a12a2025-02-03T01:31:33ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/31487583148758Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary SyphilisJace Kusler0Supha Arthurs1University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 1301 N. Columbia Rd., Grand Forks, ND 58203, USACHI St. Alexius Health, 900 E. Broadway Ave., Bismarck, ND 58503, USASyphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. Syphilis can present as primary, secondary, tertiary, or congenital. It can have an effect on many different organ systems and tissues leading to a wide variety of symptoms and complications; one rare manifestation is bone involvement. The patient in this case was diagnosed with secondary and early neurosyphilis and was also found to have skull lesions that were due to Treponema pallidum. There are guidelines for the treatment of primary, secondary, tertiary, and congenital syphilis; however, there are currently no guidelines for the treatment of syphilis with bone involvement.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3148758 |
| spellingShingle | Jace Kusler Supha Arthurs Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis |
| title_full | Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis |
| title_fullStr | Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis |
| title_short | Rare Case of Four Osseous Lesions of the Skull in a Patient with Secondary Syphilis |
| title_sort | rare case of four osseous lesions of the skull in a patient with secondary syphilis |
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