Congenital Syphilis
Early ( <2yr )
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Late ( >2yr )
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- Mucocutaneous Rash or rhinitis
(Snuffles)
- Similar to Secondary Syphilis in adults
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Triad
- Hutchinson Teeth (1st lower
molors)
- Deafness (8th Nerve)
- Interstitial Keratitis
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- Lymphadenopahy
- Autoimmune Haemolytic anemia
- Osteochondritis and Metaphysitis
- Glaucoma
- Pseudoparalysis of parrot (Painful limbs)
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- Saddle Nose
- Frontal bossing
- Olympian’s Brow
- Higoumenakis sign (Prominence of Sternoclavicular
joint )
- Rhagades (rash at shin area)
- Clutton’s joints
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Treatment : Crystalline Penicillin G for 10-14 days
Other causes of Pseudoparalysis of parrot :
- Scurvey
- Osteomyelitis
- Hypokalemia
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