Rhagades
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Rhagades are fissures, cracks, or linear scars in the skin, especially at the angles of the mouth and nose. They tend to form at areas of motion. They can be a result from bacterial infection of skin lesions. They are one of the late-stage manifestations of congenital syphilis; others are saber shins, Hutchinson teeth, saddle nose, and Clutton's joints (usually knee synovitis).[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics. p. 1472.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Rhagades (skin lesion) at Wikimedia Commons