Are there any other stigmata of late congenital syphilis? Bone involvement is common with periostitis of long bones, resulting in thickened and bent tibias (saber shins) and other bony abnormalities. Other stigmata include scarring and wrinkling at the corners of the mouth (rhagades), saddle nose, dish facies, Parrot’s nodes on the skull, and salt-and-pepper fundi. Weston WL, Lane AT, Morelli JG: Color textbook of pediatric dermatology, St Louis, 2002, Mosby. |
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