237 Late congenital syphilis
Salient features
Examination
• Collapsed bridge of the nose (saddle nose or Zaufal’s sign) (Fig. 237.1)
• Corneal opacity (interstitial keratitis)
• Rhagades (linear scars at the angles of the mouth)
• Peg-shaped incisors (Hutchinson’s teeth): the central incisors are widely spaced, have a central notch and tapered like a peg
• Mulberry molars: first molars dwarfed by a small occlusal surface; characterized by roughened lobulated hypoplastic enamel (leading to caries)