Sífilis tardía: reporte de un caso
A 48 year-old male presented with a 6 month history of a dementia syndrome, memory deficit, impairment of judgement, and right sligth hemiplegia, and sexual promiscuity. ELISA for HIV was negative; the VDRL and FTA-abs for syphilis were positive (1/8 and 3+ respectively); VDRL int the CSF was positi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
1999-04-01
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| Series: | Revista Médica Herediana |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1018-130X1999000200007&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | A 48 year-old male presented with a 6 month history of a dementia syndrome, memory deficit, impairment of judgement, and right sligth hemiplegia, and sexual promiscuity. ELISA for HIV was negative; the VDRL and FTA-abs for syphilis were positive (1/8 and 3+ respectively); VDRL int the CSF was positive (1/8) making the diagnosis of neurological syphilis. In addition, significant NMR images are presented. The patient received penicilin I.V. with clinical, neurological and radiological improvement. ( Rev Med Hered 1999; 10:83-8 ). |
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| ISSN: | 1729-214X |