Türk Nöroloji Dergisi (Dec 2012)

Neurosyphilis: Various Presentations

  • Kezban Aslan,
  • Hacer Bozdemir,
  • Şebnem Bıçakcı,
  • Turgay Demir,
  • İlker Öztürk,
  • Tamer Çelik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4274/Tnd.46794
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 168 – 172

Abstract

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Neurosphylisis develops in about 5 % of untreated patients infected with Treponema pallidum. Spirocet, disseminates systemically hours to days after inoculation. Early invasion to central nervous system can be seen in infected patients without symptomatic. In these lecture we presented three patients with different complain. The patients have had; diplopia, headache and blurred vision, numness and slimming of legs

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