Abstract
Although other writers (Richet,1Virchow,2Forster3) described synovitis of the knees in patients with congenital syphilis, it was not until 1886 that Clutton4fully described the condition and associated it with congenital Clutton wrote: I have never seen both knee joints filled with fluid causing scarcely any pain or discomfort, whilst other joints remain quite free from any signs of inflammation except in cases where there were complete evidences either past or present of hereditary syphilis. Since the publication of Clutton's paper the condition has been known as Clutton's joints. Although this type of synovitis is a valuable and frequent symptom of congenital syphilis, it has not received the attention it deserves. Many textbooks on surgery and on disease of children by American authors make no mention of it or discuss it briefly. It is briefly described in most textbooks on orthopedic surgery, usually as
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