syphilis/seizures

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to describe the clinical, biological and radiological characteristics of patients with syphilitic vasculitis, and to assess the outcome after treatment. METHODS A retrospective review was carried out based on the records of patients with ischemic stroke, and

A retrospective chart review was performed to characterize the clinical presentation, the characteristic combination of serologic and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities, and the neuroimaging findings of neurosyphilis (NS) patients who had epileptic seizures alone as an initial presenting

Syphilis is a contagious sexually transmitted infection notable for its complex array of systemic presentations. It is caused by the spirochaete Treponema pallidum and although once considered to be a largely historical condition in the UK, the recent rise in incidence makes syphilis increasingly

A 40-year-old man was admitted after 8 months of speech disturbance and locomotive ataxia. He had no seizures, lightning pains, paresthesia, visual loss, bladder disturbance or rectal incontinence. He had never been neurologically or psychiatrically ill and had no history of syphilis. When the

An 18-year-old female with 7 years' history of epilepsy was admitted for developing malar rash. She had been treated with hydantoin for 7 years. Laboratory examinations revealed leukopenia and high titer of anti-dsDNA antibodies. Renal biopsy also showed diffuse segmental mesangial proliferative

We describe a case of a 49-year-old man who presented with recurrent strokes in the left middle cerebral artery territory, manifesting with dysphasia, higher cognitive deficits, motor deficits and subsequent infarcts in the right middle cerebral and anterior cerebral artery territories, manifesting

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognized as a risk factor in pregnancy; the differential diagnosis between CKD and preeclampsia (PE) may be of pivotal importance for pregnancy management and for early treatment of CKD. Acknowledging this connection may be useful also in a wider

A rare episode of early neurosyphilis occurred in a 34-year-old, otherwise healthy, woman. Based on an isolated positive Borrelia burgdorferi serology (later interpreted as a cross-reaction), early ceftriaxone was initiated, in the suspect of Lyme borreliosis. Even after the diagnosis was corrected

A seventeen year old male, who presented with progressive behavioral abnormalities, mental deterioration, unsteadiness, myoclonic jerks and generalized tonic-clonic seizures is described. CSF and serum VDRL were positive as also his mother's TPHA. The EEG was consistent with myoclonic jerks.

Maternal drug addiction has increased in an alarming way over the last ten years. Therefore, the withdrawal syndrome in the newborn has also increased. 53% of the newborns (of chemical dependent mother) studied from 1985 to 1989 in HCP have presented this syndrome. We have analysed: perinatal,

An 8-year-old boy with symptomatic late-onset congenital syphilis is reported. The child had been undertreated when he was 78 days of age, but his clinical and serologic follow-up did not occur until he was 3 years of age. At that time, he was asymptomatic, and cerebrospinal fluid disclosed not only

BACKGROUND Zika virus (ZIKV) is a recently emerged arbovirus, which infection during pregnancy is associated with a series of congenital malformations, collectively denominated Congenital Zika Syndrome (CZS). Following infection, ZIKV RNA has a median duration period of 10 days in plasma and up to 6