AN ISCHEMIC STROKE CAUSED BY MENINGOVASCULAR SYPHILIS

• Main Author: Yu. V. Eliseev
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: MONIKI 2016-02-01
• Series: Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny
• Subjects: fourteen percent of all ischemic strokes occur in young patients (< 45 years). one of the causes of ischemic stroke in young patients is the isolated cerebral arteritis related to a neuroinfection. the author describes a clinical case of ischemic stroke in a young patient with neurosyphilis. diagnosis of syphilis was confirmed by laboratory investigations; liquor tests and clinical data allowed to put a diagnosis of meningovascular syphilis. timely diagnostics and treatment of syphilitic infection are helpful in avoiding progression of neurosyphilis; including its parenchymal forms. key words: stroke; neurosyphilis; clinical case.
• Online Access: https://www.almclinmed.ru/jour/article/view/248
• ISSN: 2072-0505; 2587-9294

Fourteen percent of all ischemic strokes occur in young patients (&lt; 45 years). One of the causes of ischemic stroke in young patients is the isolated cerebral arteritis related to a neuroinfection. The author describes a clinical case of ischemic stroke in a young patient with neurosyphilis. Diagnosis of syphilis was confirmed by laboratory investigations; liquor tests and clinical data allowed to put a diagnosis of meningovascular syphilis. Timely diagnostics and treatment of syphilitic infection are helpful in avoiding progression of neurosyphilis, including its parenchymal forms.