Korean J Dermatol.  1976 Dec;14(4):401-405.

A Case of Early Congenital Syphilis

Abstract

We report one case of 1 month old male with early congenital syphilis Who represented the characteristic clinical features and laboratory findings including darkfield examindtion and quantitative VDRL test. The histopathologic findings of the patients skin biopsy specimen showed extravasation of erythrocytes and perivascular infiltration of plasma cells were found. in addition to the previous described findings by Fraser. He was managed by daily injection of 200,000 units of aqueous procaine penicillin for 8 days and then three injections of 150,000 units of PA.M at two days intervals with excellent effect


MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Erythrocytes
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Penicillin G Procaine
Plasma Cells
Skin
Syphilis, Congenital*
Penicillin G Procaine
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