| Literature DB >> 3437614 |
K Tashiro1, F Moriwaka, K Sudo, M Akino, H Abe.
Abstract
A 31-year-old man with a 10-day duration of a progressive paraparesis and sensory disturbance was found to have a syphilitic infection which was confirmed by the blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) syphilitic reaction. A discrete and wedge-shaped Gadolinium-DTPA-enhanced lesion on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was identified at the level of Th 3/4. The neurologic states and MRI findings improved noticeably after a 16-day course of penicillin with a high dose of prednisolone. Therefore, we want to emphasize the importance and usefulness of MRI in syphilitic myelitis.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 3437614 DOI： 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1987.tb00411.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol ISSN： 0912-2036