A rare case of tertiary syphilis spondylodiscitis of the upper cervical spine: Diagnostic and therapeutic complexity, review of literature
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochetes Treponema pallidum. Syphilitic spinal lesions present as erosive bone lesions often simulating spondylodiscitis or cancer. In this article we describe a rare case of cervical osteolytic lesion from tertiary syphilis. A 45-year-old...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Open Medical Publishing
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Orthopedic Reviews |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/or/article/view/8675 |