A case of congenital syphilis mistaken for possible child abuse

Preschoolers with syphilis.

Syphilis in preschoolers is rarely described in current medical literature, despite the rise in syphilis in both the adult and the pediatric populations during the past decade. Since that time, 3 children between 3 and 4 years of age have been diagnosed with syphilis at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The presentations and clinical manifestations of syphilis in these 3 children are des...

Congenital Syphilis

Two cases of congenital syphilis was presented and few aspect of the disease and its treatment was discussed.

Physiological periostitis in a 2.5-month-old baby.

Periosteal reaction has different etiologies in early infancy. Physiological periostitis is a well-documented X-ray finding seen in both preterm and term babies aged between 1-6 months and can easily be misdiagnosed as child abuse or pathological periostitis. Here, we present a 2.5-month-old infant admitted with a history of fever, swollen right upper arm after vaccination and X-rays findings r...

Osteogenesis imperfecta with dentinogenesis imperfecta: a mistaken case of child abuse.

Survival with hypopituitarism from congenital syphilis.

Congenital syphilis continues to occur despite the advances in testing of pregnant women in many countries and the availability of penicillin since 1943. This is a report of a child with multiple systemic manifestations of congenital syphilis. This is one of the few cases of survival with pituitary involvement from congenital syphilis and the first noted case in which diabetes insipidus develop...