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Late yaws

MedGen UID:
276026
•Concept ID:
C1517744
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: gummata and ulcers due to yaws; gummata of yaws; gummatous frambeside; Late Yaws; late yaws; multiple papillomata due to yaws and wet crab yaws; nodular late yaws; ulcers of yaws; yaws gummata and ulcers
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001066

Definition

Late yaws is the tertiary, non-contagious stage of yaws, endemic tropical treponemal nonvenereal infection. Late yaws is characterized by destructive and deforming lesions of the skin, bones, and joints. [from NCI]

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CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLate yaws

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Diagnosis

Plaque-host imbalance in severe periodontitis. A discussion based on two cases.
Newman HN, Rule DC
J Clin Periodontol 1983 Mar;10(2):137-47. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1983.tb02202.x. PMID: 6573340
Late yaws: a case report.
el Tonsy MH, Gaffoor PM, Benhawi M, Davidson JC
Sex Transm Dis 1982 Oct-Dec;9(4):205-7. doi: 10.1097/00007435-198210000-00010. PMID: 6927784
Some problems of late yaws.
Furtado T
Int J Dermatol 1973 Mar-Apr;12(2):123-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1973.tb00017.x. PMID: 4697342
Neuro-ophthalmological study of late yaws. I. An introduction to yaws.
Smith JL
Br J Vener Dis 1971 Aug;47(4):223-5. doi: 10.1136/sti.47.4.223. PMID: 5571036Free PMC Article
A neuro-ophthalmologic study of late yaws and pinta.
Smith JL, Israel CW
Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc 1970;68:292-300. PMID: 5524209Free PMC Article

Therapy

Late yaws and optic atrophy.
Mohamed KN
Ann Trop Med Parasitol 1990 Dec;84(6):637-9. doi: 10.1080/00034983.1990.11812521. PMID: 2076042

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