Abstract
The authors report the case of two patients presenting with increased bone density and lytic lesions of the skull due to tertiary syphilis. A malignant tumor has late developed on these lesions. Only one patient was imaged with CT Scan which was very useful to determine the tumoral extension.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Bone Density
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / diagnostic imaging
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Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / etiology*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Osteolysis / diagnostic imaging
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Osteolysis / etiology
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Palatal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
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Palatal Neoplasms / etiology*
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Syphilis / complications*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed*