Pediatrician (St. Petersburg)

CNS defeat in early congenital syphilis

  • Tamara Vladimirovna Melashenko Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
  • Irina Romanovna Milyavskaya Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
  • Igor Aleksandrovich Gorlanov Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University
  • Larisa Mikhaylovna Leina Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University

Abstract

Early congenital syphilis, in 60 % of cases, accompanied by a specific lesion of the central nervous system. Clinical manifestations of neurosyphilis in newborns are usually absent. Diagnosis is based on serological examination of cerebrospinal fluid and MRI. The paper presents two cases of early syphilis with central nervous system.

Issue
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014)
Section
ORIGINAL STUDIES
Published
2014-01-01