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L. Filippi, L. Serafini, C. Dani, G. Bertini, M. Pezzati, M. Tronchin, F. F. Rubaltelli

Congenital syphilis: unique clinical presentation in three preterm newborns

Three preterm newborns affected by congenital syphilis, born to mothers not adequately treated during pregnancy, are described. The clinical picture is characterized by a severe cholestatic hepatopathy and, in the two surviving patients, by an unusually wide ischemic-hemorrhagic lesion of the cerebral parenchyma. This lesion is probably due to a syphilitic endarteritis, and has rarely been described before in preterm infants.

Journal of Perinatal Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 1619-3997
Volume: 32, 02/2004
Pages: 90 - 94

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