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01-08-2013 | Case Report

A case of congenital syphilis

Authors: Lorenzo Mannelli, Francisco A. Perez, Marguerite T. Parisi, Lorenzo Giacani

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 4/2013

Abstract

We report a case of an asymptomatic 3-month-old girl presenting to the emergency department with concern for congenital syphilis. Radiographs of the lower limbs demonstrate mild diffuse periosteal reaction involving the femur, tibia, and fibula and bilaterally symmetric lucencies and erosions of the medial proximal tibial metaphysis (Wimberger’s sign).

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Title: A case of congenital syphilis
Authors: Lorenzo Mannelli
Francisco A. Perez
Marguerite T. Parisi
Lorenzo Giacani
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-013-1112-1

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