Al-Shammari Noufa E, El-Beltagi Ahmed H, Al-Far Sayed A, Abdel-Raouf Yasser M
Department of Radiology, Al-Sabah Hospital, Ministry of Health Kuwait.
Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2010 Apr;15(2):122-5.
We report a case of meningovascular syphilis in a young adult woman presenting with left hemiparesis due to near occlusion of proximal cervical internal carotid with subacute middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Diagnosis was made on the basis of positive serum, and spinal fluid serology for syphilis, carotid Doppler, and magnetic resonance angiography, as well as improvement after intravenous penicillin therapy. In this case report, the imaging findings were described and related literature was reviewed.
我们报告一例年轻成年女性的脑膜血管梅毒病例，该患者因近端颈内动脉近乎闭塞伴亚急性大脑中动脉区域梗死而出现左侧偏瘫。根据梅毒血清学和脑脊液血清学检查结果呈阳性、颈动脉多普勒检查、磁共振血管造影，以及静脉注射青霉素治疗后的病情改善做出诊断。在本病例报告中，描述了影像学表现并复习了相关文献。
