PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - M A Waugh TI - Bony symptoms in secondary syphilis. AID - 10.1136/sti.52.3.204 DP - 1976 Jun 01 TA - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases PG - 204--205 VI - 52 IP - 3 4099 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/52/3/204.short 4100 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/52/3/204.full SO - Br J Vener Dis1976 Jun 01; 52 AB - Aching bony pains were prominent in six of 144 cases of secondary syphilis. These pains included headache, backache, aching pains in the limbs, and chest pains. The cause of some of these pains is not clear, but it is important to recognize that secondary syphilis may present with a variety of pains.