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du Bois sign in a child with congenital syphilis

This image depicts an adult holding the right hand of a young child with late congenital syphilis to focus attention on the child’s fifth digit from a medial perspective. From this view, you will note a deformation known as du Bois sign, which involves a shortening of the little finger. (Source: Photography by Susan Lindsley, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1973. Public Health Image Library ID# 16741, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. Public domain.)

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