Byrne T N, Bose A, Sze G, Waxman S G
Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
J Neurol Sci. 1991 May;103(1):48-50. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(91)90282-c.
Syphilitic meningitis, which can occur near the time of secondary syphilis, is frequently asymptomatic. There has been one recent report of an HIV-positive patient who developed syphilitic polyradiculopathy following a recent history of secondary syphilis. We describe an HIV-negative woman in whom paraparesis occurred secondary to syphilitic meningitis. Complete recovery followed a course of high-dose intravenous penicillin therapy, emphasizing the treatable nature of this cause of paraparesis.
