ABSTRACT
In this report, we describe an unusual patient with a choreiform movement disorder, misdiagnosed as Huntington disease, who later developed dense vitreitis leading to the identification of Treponema pallidum as the underlying pathogen of both abnormalities.
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HIV Infections/complications , Huntington Disease/diagnosis , Neurosyphilis/diagnosis , Optic Neuritis/diagnosis , Treponema pallidum/isolation & purification , Adult , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Neurosyphilis/complications , Optic Neuritis/complications , Optic Neuritis/microbiologyABSTRACT
In this report, we describe an unusual patient with a choreiform movement disorder, misdiagnosed as Huntington disease, who later developed dense vitreitis leading to the identification of Treponema pallidum as the underlying pathogen of both abnormalities.
Neste relato descrevemos um caso infreqüente de um paciente com quadro de distúrbio motor coreiforme diagnosticado equivocadamente como doença de Huntington, o qual posteriormente desenvolveu quadro de intensa vitreíte, possibilitando a identificação do Treponema pallidum como o patógeno causador de ambas anormalidades.