Divya Dhasmana, Jaishree Joshi, Kaveh Manavi
Department of Sexual Health and HIV, Whittall Street Clinic, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Whittall Street, Birmingham, UK. divya.dhasmana@nhs.net
Sexually transmitted diseases 2013 AugWe present a case of an HIV-negative individual who presented with worsening central and peripheral neurological symptoms and signs. Clinical, serological, histopathological, and radiological features were in keeping with concurrent cerebral and spinal cord syphilitic gummata, a tertiary manifestation of syphilis. Clinical improvement occurred after treatment of neurosyphilis.
Divya Dhasmana, Jaishree Joshi, Kaveh Manavi. Intracerebral and spinal cord syphilitic gummata in an HIV-negative man: a case report. Sexually transmitted diseases. 2013 Aug;40(8):629-31
PMID: 23863515
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