Osteolytic lesions in early syphilis.

Abstract
A patient is presented with a painful, tender, tumefaction in the right frontal area which proved to be an osteolytic syphilitic lesion. The patient had apparently had syphilis for less than a year. A Herxheimer reaction followed initiation of penicillin treatment which caused prompt relief of headache and tenderness of the skull.

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