Catalog

Late congenital syphilis

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Link to WHO Definition

Late congenital syphilis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1685932952

Congenital syphilis presenting after two years of age and often not until many years later. Saddle nose and peg-shaped (Hutchinson's) teeth are pathognomonic. As in late acquired syphilis, gummata, periostitis, optic atrophy, deafness, paralysis and dementia may develop when treatment is delayed.