A Luetic Cauda Equina Meningoradiculitis Mimicking a Central Nervous System Lymphoma. Issue 2 (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Monticelli, Jacopo; Bazzocchi, Gabriele; Luzzati, Roberto
• Is Part Of: Sexually transmitted diseases. Volume 43:Issue 2(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: Sexually transmitted diseases -- Periodicals; Sexual health -- Periodicals; 616.951005
• DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000391
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0148-5717

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: We report a case of peculiar neurosyphilis, initially misinterpreted as a lymphoproliferative disorder. This is also the first report to evaluate the utility of positron emission tomography–computed tomography in spinal cord syphilis. Cauda equina radiculitis is a rare manifestation of neurosyphilis whose diagnosis can be supported by the typical syphilitic exanthema. Abstract : Here we describe the case of an extremely rare manifestation of neurosyphilis, a cauda equina meningoradiculitis, and review the diagnosis and manifestations of neurosyphilis.