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Context: Syphilitic meningomyelitis is a rare manifestation of neurosyphilis, not well described in the literature. Methods: We reported a rare case of a 29-year-old female with syphilitic meningomyelitis. Her clinical manifestations and imaging findings were discussed with the related
BACKGROUND
We report a rare case of syphilitic meningomyelitis presenting with visceral crisis and possessing characteristic imaging findings.
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The patient, a 50-year-old woman, complained of pain in the upper abdomen and back. She then developed numbness in both lower extremities and
A 33-year-old woman, seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), presented with progressive weakness and numbness of the lower extremities, gait difficulties, and urinary frequency. Physical examination revealed bilateral lower extremity weakness, a left-sided Babinski reflex, and
Neuropathic osteoarthropathy is characterised by relatively painless swelling together with extensive damage in bones and joints, predominantly in the feet and ankles. The uncontrolled natural course of the condition leads to gross foot deformity, skin pressure ulceration, spreading infections, and
Neuropathic arthropathy, or Charcot's joint, is a degenerative disorder resulting from abnormal sensory innervation that is associated with diabetes mellitus, tabes dorsalis, and syringomyelia. Patients may present with a painless instability of the affected joint, although a range of symptoms are
Urodynamic studies and neurological examinations were performed on 128 patients with cervical myelopathies including 82 with spondylitic myelopathy and 46 with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL), investigating the location of the paths subserving micturition in the spinal
Some 6% to 21% of Charcot joints occur in the spine. The underlying disease is usually tabes dorsalis, but diabetes mellitus is another etiology. Degeneration of spinal elements is accelerated and lumbar spinal stenosis with weakness may occur, as has been reported in tabetic arthropathy. The case
Hereditary sensory neuropathy type I (HSN I) is a slowly progressive neurological disorder characterised by prominent predominantly distal sensory loss, autonomic disturbances, autosomal dominant inheritance, and juvenile or adulthood disease onset. The exact prevalence is unknown, but is estimated