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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
The clinical presentations and MRI of six patients with general paresis due to neurosyphilis were reviewed. Diagnosis was based on neurological and psychiatric symptoms, positive Treponema pallidum hemagglutination in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and sera, and serology that was negative for human immunodeficiency virus by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Most patients had lymphocytic, monocytic pleocytosis and high protein levels in their CSF. One patient had periodic lateral epileptiform discharges, one patient had epileptiform discharges and three patients had slowing of background activity on electroencephalography. Two patients had hyperintense signal abnormalities in the anterior and mesial temporal lobe, while four patients were found by MRI to have cerebral atrophy. Three patients developed white matter lesions. Therefore, clinical, electroencephalography and MRI findings are valuable in the diagnosis of general paresis of neurosyphilis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1532-2653
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
17
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
308-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical presentation and imaging of general paresis due to neurosyphilis in patients negative for human immunodeficiency virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, 17 Chang Le Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article