2012
DOI: 10.4181/rnc.2012.20.617.6p
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Neurosyphilis and Clinical Variants

Abstract: Introduction. Neurosyphilis is an uncommon manifestation of central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by Treponema pallidum. Cases. We report three cases of neurosyphilis. Case 1 presented with ocular involvement: right optic atrophy and left optic neuritis; case 2 had a meningovascular form, with ischemic stroke; and case 3, a meningeal form, presented with headaches as the main complaint. Discussion. The cases reported had distinguished forms of neurosyphilis. Serologic diagnosis depends on the presence … Show more

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“…B) tardías: demencia paralítica progresiva, tabes dorsal. C) otras: gomas, amiotrófica y lesiones de los pares craneales 7,18,19 . La Dra.…”
Section: Las Formas Clínicas De La Neurosífilisunclassified
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“…B) tardías: demencia paralítica progresiva, tabes dorsal. C) otras: gomas, amiotrófica y lesiones de los pares craneales 7,18,19 . La Dra.…”
Section: Las Formas Clínicas De La Neurosífilisunclassified
“…Comienza con cefaleas, náuseas, vómitos, rigidez de la nuca, la fiebre es poco común. Se ha registrado la inflamación preponderante del techo cerebral (crisis convulsivas, afasia, hemiplejia, confusión-delirio), o bien de la porción basal con déficit de los pares craneanos, en orden descendente VII, VIII, VI, y II, rara vez se da la hidrocefalia aguda por la obstrucción de los agujeros de Lushka y Magendie o la mielitis transversa 4,7,18,22 , y se ha publicado casos con crisis convulsivas subintrantes 24,25 . La punción lumbar con aumento en la presión de apertura, el LCR con VDRL o RPR (+) y la prueba TP-AG también (+).…”
Section: Sífilis Meníngea Agudaunclassified
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“…Although women have higher mortality rates in the period from 2016 to 2019, other studies point to a balance of incidence between genders 25,26 . It was not possible to pinpoint a direct cause for the higher mortality among women in the period, as the data can also be masked by the existing relationship between the increase in female mortality with advancing age.…”
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