AN ISCHEMIC STROKE CAUSED BY MENINGOVASCULAR SYPHILIS

AN ISCHEMIC STROKE CAUSED BY MENINGOVASCULAR SYPHILIS

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....

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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

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