[Ganglioneuroma in a newborn with early inborn syphilis].

A case is reported of a retroperitoneal sympathic nodes ganglioneuroma in a newborn with classic early inborn syphilis involving practically all systems of the viscera, skin, placenta. Some peculiar morphological features of the tumour are described. Possible teratogenic and oncogenic effects of treponema pallidus on embryonal fetal structures during intrauterine development are suggested.