Open AccessCase report: congenital neurosyphilis
Author(s) -
Tuany Nunes
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
residência pediátrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2236-6814
DOI - 10.25060/residpediatr-2020.v10n3-97
Subject(s) - medicine , neurosyphilis , congenital syphilis , syphilis , pediatrics , pregnancy , surgery , obstetrics , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , biology , genetics
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of congenital neurosyphilis with cutaneous alteration in order to complement the literature. CASE REPORT: A 26-year-old, pregnant woman, gives birth to a newborn with vesicobullous lesions on the hands and feet, consistent with plantar pemphigus. Screening for congenital syphilis showed blood VDRL of 1:512 in the newborn and 1:128 in the postpartum. In the cerebrospinal fluid, on the other hand, the exam was reagent in the ratio of 1:2, being then diagnosed as congenital neurosyphilis. CONCLUSION: The importance of physical examination in pediatrics is of great value, as it can alert us to possible diagnosis. Unfortunately syphilis is once again present in our daily lives, and we can not but trace and treat it as its correct treatment can improve the quality of life or even cure the newborn.