Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old

The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive assessment in the departments of neurology and internal medicine, the unusual aetiology of stroke was identified as meningovascular neurosyphil...

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Autores principales: Bologa, Cristina, Lionte, Catalina, Halit, Diana, Luca, Catalina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: De Gruyter Open 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0009
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author Bologa, Cristina
Lionte, Catalina
Halit, Diana
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description The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive assessment in the departments of neurology and internal medicine, the unusual aetiology of stroke was identified as meningovascular neurosyphilis. The patient fully recovered after antibiotic therapy. To our knowledge, this the eldest patient with tertiary neurosyphilis reported in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-57699122018-07-02 Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old Bologa, Cristina Lionte, Catalina Halit, Diana Luca, Catalina J Crit Care Med (Targu Mures) Case Report The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive assessment in the departments of neurology and internal medicine, the unusual aetiology of stroke was identified as meningovascular neurosyphilis. The patient fully recovered after antibiotic therapy. To our knowledge, this the eldest patient with tertiary neurosyphilis reported in the literature. De Gruyter Open 2017-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5769912/ /pubmed/29967874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0009 Text en © 2017 Walter De Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
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Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old
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title_fullStr Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old
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title_short Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old
title_sort neurosyphilis masquerading as stroke in an 84-year-old
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5769912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29967874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0009
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