[Brain and spine cord lesions caused by syphilis].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To analyze clinical features of the nervous system damage in syphilis taking into account the changes in the content of cerebrospinal fluid and clinical/anatomical brain damages of the brain.

METHODS:

The study was based on the analysis of 47 case histories of patients hospitalized in 1995-2001. The group included 47 patients, aged from 17 to 60 years.

RESULTS:

Syphilitic meningitis, syphilitic meningoneuritis, syphilitic menongoencephalitis, syphilitic meningovasculitis, cerebral gummas, syphilitic meningomyelitis and mental changes caused by syphilis are reviewed.

CONCLUSIONS:

The pathogenesis of different clinical forms of syphilitic damages of the brain and terminological issues are discussed.

• Authors: A S Shishov, N M Savrasova, T A Titova, L V Kupriianova, Iu P Rudometov
• Journal: Zhurnal nevrologii i psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova (Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova) Vol. 114 Issue 3 Pg. 14-23 ( 2014) ISSN: 1997-7298 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• PMID: 24781221 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Meningitis, Bacterial (diagnosis, etiology)
• Meningoencephalitis (diagnosis, microbiology)
• Mental Disorders (diagnosis, microbiology)
• Middle Aged
• Neurosyphilis (classification, complications, diagnosis)
• Tabes Dorsalis (diagnosis)
• Young Adult