Autopsy case of acute pulmonary thromboembolism with neurosyphilis
Abstract Background Syphilis is caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum.Syphilis is a multistage disease, and the clinical stages of syphilis are divided to primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis, where the tertiary stage is classified as neurosyphilis, cardiovascular syphilis, or gummatous syphilis.Here, we describe an autopsy case of acute