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Case Reports
Meningovascular Neurosyphilis with Cerebral Hemorrhaging in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-positive Patient.
- Yoshiyuki Sekikawa and Igen Hongo.
- Division of General Internal Medicine, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Japan.
- Intern. Med. 2024 Feb 15; 63 (4): 587591587-591.
AbstractMeningovascular neurosyphilis is a rare manifestation of early neurosyphilis that causes infectious arteritis and ischemic infarction. We herein report a 44-year-old man with meningovascular neurosyphilis who presented with cerebral hemorrhaging. He complained of nausea, vomiting and lightheadedness. The patient tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and head computed tomography showed cerebral hemorrhaging in the upper right frontal lobe and left subcortical parietal lobe. Positive cerebrospinal fluid syphilis tests confirmed the diagnosis. He recovered after treatment for neurosyphilis and anti-HIV therapy. Our case highlights the importance of considering meningovascular neurosyphilis in young patients with multiple instances of cerebral hemorrhaging.
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