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Van Alstyne H. Cornell, M.D.; Henry Silver, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1942;46(6):936-944.

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Early Untreated Syphilis with Nerve Deafness. Presented by DR. LEO SPIEGEL.

J. H., a man aged 28, an elevator operator, born in the United States, came to the otologic department of the Lenox Hill Hospital on Dec. 10, 1941, complaining of increasing deafness. There was no vertigo, nausea or vomiting. After a tonsillectomy in June 1941 the hearing began to deteriorate. The patient began the use of a hearing device early in September. He stated that he had had no venereal infection, although sexual exposures had been frequent. The family history gave no clues as to congenital syphilis. The reaction to a blood test made elsewhere a year previously was negative.

Otolaryngologic examination showed no catarrhal or other pathologic process to account for the patient's deafness. Neurologic examination revealed nerve deafness. The pupils were unequal and reacted sluggishly to light. The fundi were normal. The Wassermann reaction was 4 plus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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