Parálisis general sifilítica: presentación de 5 casos

We report five male patients, aged 35 to 63 years who suffered from paretic neurosyphilis. The clinical course was that of a subacute dementia with a frontal syndrome, with more apathy than euphoria. All were HIV negative and four were heterosexual. In all, the cerebrospinal fluid had a mononuclear...

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Autores principales:	Donoso S,Archibaldo, Urzúa,Ricardo, Slachevsky CH,Andrea, Silva R,Carlos
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2012
Materias:	Dementia Neurosyphilis Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720120005000102013-11-06Parálisis general sifilítica: presentación de 5 casosDonoso S,ArchibaldoUrzúa,RicardoSlachevsky CH,AndreaSilva R,Carlos Dementia Neurosyphilis Vasculitis, Central Nervous System We report five male patients, aged 35 to 63 years who suffered from paretic neurosyphilis. The clinical course was that of a subacute dementia with a frontal syndrome, with more apathy than euphoria. All were HIV negative and four were heterosexual. In all, the cerebrospinal fluid had a mononuclear pleocytosis and a positive VDRL. EEG was abnormal in the 3 cases in whom it was performed. One patient in whom a brain angiography was performed, had images of vasculitis. Treatment with 18-24 million units of penicillin per day during two weeks or more, was partially effective.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.140 n.5 20122012-05-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872012000500010es10.4067/S0034-98872012000500010
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topic	Dementia Neurosyphilis Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
spellingShingle	Dementia Neurosyphilis Vasculitis, Central Nervous System Donoso S,Archibaldo Urzúa,Ricardo Slachevsky CH,Andrea Silva R,Carlos Parálisis general sifilítica: presentación de 5 casos
description	We report five male patients, aged 35 to 63 years who suffered from paretic neurosyphilis. The clinical course was that of a subacute dementia with a frontal syndrome, with more apathy than euphoria. All were HIV negative and four were heterosexual. In all, the cerebrospinal fluid had a mononuclear pleocytosis and a positive VDRL. EEG was abnormal in the 3 cases in whom it was performed. One patient in whom a brain angiography was performed, had images of vasculitis. Treatment with 18-24 million units of penicillin per day during two weeks or more, was partially effective.
author	Donoso S,Archibaldo Urzúa,Ricardo Slachevsky CH,Andrea Silva R,Carlos
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title	Parálisis general sifilítica: presentación de 5 casos
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Parálisis general sifilítica: presentación de 5 casos

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