<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive assessment in the departments of neurology and internal medicine, the unusual aetiology of stroke was identified as meningovascular neurosyphilis. The patient fully recovered after antibiotic therapy. To our knowledge, this the eldest patient with tertiary neurosyphilis reported in the literature.</p></abstract>

The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive assessment in the departments of neurology and internal medicine, the unusual aetiology of stroke was identified as meningovascular neurosyphilis. The patient fully recovered after antibiotic therapy. To our knowledge, this the eldest patient with tertiary neurosyphilis reported in the literature.

Case report. Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old

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The case of an 84 years old woman with uncharacteristic neurologic and cognitive symptoms, suspected of ischemic stroke is presented. Following an extensive...

Case report. Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old

Publicado en línea: 11 may 2017

Páginas: 70 - 72

Recibido: 11 ene 2017

Aceptado: 13 feb 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0009

Palabras clave
neurosyphilis, ischemic stroke, elderly, treatment

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Case report. Neurosyphilis Masquerading as Stroke in an 84-year-old

Publicado en línea: 11 may 2017

Páginas: 70 - 72

Recibido: 11 ene 2017

Aceptado: 13 feb 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jccm-2017-0009

Palabras claveneurosyphilis, ischemic stroke, elderly, treatment

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
neurosyphilis, ischemic stroke, elderly, treatment