Jancar Nina, Simões Mariana, Gonçalves Filipa, Duro José, Aguiar Patricio
Internal Medicine, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, PRT.
Cureus. 2022 Dec 20;14(12):e32747. doi: 10.7759/cureus.32747. eCollection 2022 Dec.
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by spirochete , with a growing incidence documented in recent years. Its clinical course is divided into three phases - primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis - and virtually any organ can be affected, resulting in diverse clinical manifestations, making the diagnosis challenging. Neurosyphilis is a progressive, destructive disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that can develop at any stage of the infection, leading to meningeal involvement, meningovascular disease, or parenchymal syphilis (including tabes dorsalis and general paresis). Its clinical manifestations are heterogeneous and vary from focal neurologic signs to neuropsychiatric manifestations. The diagnosis is based mainly on the clinical picture and study of cerebrospinal fluid. Neuroimaging is helpful and sometimes essential, with magnetic resonance imaging being the most sensitive radiologic method, although there are no pathognomonic radiologic signs. Treatment of all forms of neurosyphilis is based on parenteral penicillin. We present a case of neurosyphilis in a patient presenting with a subacute confusional state and initial imaging findings suggestive of metastatic CNS lesions.
梅毒是一种由螺旋体引起的性传播疾病,近年来其发病率呈上升趋势。其临床病程分为三个阶段——一期、二期和三期梅毒——几乎任何器官都可能受累,导致临床表现多样,这使得诊断具有挑战性。神经梅毒是一种中枢神经系统(CNS)的进行性破坏性疾病,可在感染的任何阶段发生,导致脑膜受累、脑膜血管疾病或实质性梅毒(包括脊髓痨和麻痹性痴呆)。其临床表现多种多样,从局灶性神经体征到神经精神表现不等。诊断主要基于临床表现和脑脊液检查。神经影像学检查有帮助,有时甚至是必不可少的,磁共振成像(MRI)是最敏感的影像学方法,尽管没有特征性的影像学征象。所有形式的神经梅毒的治疗都基于胃肠外注射青霉素。我们报告一例神经梅毒患者,该患者表现为亚急性意识模糊状态,初始影像学检查结果提示中枢神经系统转移性病变。