Acute unilateral peripheral vestibulopathy in neurosyphilis.
J Neurol Sci
; 378: 55-58, 2017 Jul 15.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Neurosyphilis producing basal meningitis presenting as sequential transient cranial nerve palsies was well recognized before the antibiotic era.OBJECTIVE:
To report two patients presenting with acute unilateral peripheral vestibulopathy due to syphilitic basal meningitis.RESULTS:
In Case 1 basal meningitis occurred early in the secondary phase of the infection, in Case 2 in the late latent phase. The diagnosis was not made immediately in either case; in Case 1 after previous presentation with increasing hearing loss and then with facial palsy and then a subsequent presentation with optic neuritis; in Case 2 after investigation for possible lymphoma.CONCLUSION:
Syphilitic basal meningitis in either the secondary or in the latent phase can present as acute unilateral peripheral vestibulopathy with transient involvement of the facial or auditory nerve.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Neuronite Vestibular
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Neurossífilis
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article