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Secondary Syphilis Learning Center

The complications of syphilis are related to the development of the syndromes associated with tertiary syphilis:
Source:ADAM
Date:August 1, 2008
Congenital syphilis is a severe, disabling, and often life-threatening infection seen in infants. A pregnant mother who has syphilis can spread the disease through the placenta to the unborn infant.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 2, 2009
Neurosyphilis is an infection of the brain or spinal cord. It occurs in persons with untreated syphilis many years after they are first infected.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Tertiary syphilis is a late phase of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis, caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 1, 2008
An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel. See also: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Cerebral aneurysm; Thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 13, 2008
Cerebral aneurysm is the enlargement, distention, dilation, bulging, or ballooning of the wall of a cerebral artery or vein. Aneurysms affect arteries throughout the body, including blood vessels in the brain (intracerebral aneurysm). Ruptures of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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