HEPATIC ULTRASTRUCTURE IN CONGENITAL-SYPHILIS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 102  (10) , 502-505
Abstract
The ultrastructural changes in the liver in a [human] case of congenital syphilis were studied. Treponema organisms were easily demonstrated in 1-.mu.m sections stained by toluidine blue and in electron micrographs. Most organisms were extracellular, but some were identified within hepatocytes.