Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2003
Abstract
Syphilis is a treponematosis clinically characterized by a primary lesion, a secondary rash affecting the skin and the mucous membranes and late lesions affecting cardiovascular and central nervous systems, viscera and bones. Off all the skeletal lesions, the most characteristic are those of the skull, most commonly affecting frontal and parietal bones and nasal and palatal region.
The collection of 647 adult skulls of both sexes and 98 child and adolescent skulls from the ?Broumov Ossuary? (13th?18th century) was examined for the presence of the bone syphilis lesions. Seven cases of the gummatous lesions were observed among adult skulls.
In the child skulls, three suspect findings of the congenital syphilis were diagnosed.