Juxta-articular bone lesions in tertiary yaws

Med J Aust. 1989 Feb 20;150(4):217-9. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1989.tb136432.x.

Abstract

A case of tertiary yaws in an immigrant from the Solomon Islands is presented. The report highlights the atypical features and diagnostic difficulties of late-stage treponemal infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Australia
  • Bone Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Bone Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Diseases / etiology
  • Bone Diseases / therapy
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Ilium / transplantation
  • Knee Joint*
  • Melanesia / ethnology
  • Radiography
  • Tibia / surgery
  • Treponema Immobilization Test
  • Yaws / classification
  • Yaws / complications
  • Yaws / diagnosis*
  • Yaws / diagnostic imaging
  • Yaws / therapy