Intracranial syphilitic gumma mimicking a brain stem glioma

N Ventura, R Cannelas, B Bizzo… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
We read with special interest the case report1 of a 50-year-old immunocompetent patient
with neurosyphilis mimicking herpes encephalitis. The patient presented with a clinical …

Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Positive Patient

L Régal, P Demaerel, B Dubois - Archives of neurology, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
A42-YEAR-OLD HOMO-sexual man came to the emergency de-partment because of fever,
headache, and hearing loss. Fever and headache had been fluctuating for 2.5 months …

Cerebral syphilitic gumma: a case report and review of the literature

J Li, A Mahta, RY Kim, M Saria, S Kesari - Neurological Sciences, 2012 - Springer
A 45-year-old male presented with subacute onset of a right-sided hemiparesis, right
homonymous hemianopsia, and slurred speech. The brain imaging revealed two separate …

A case of cerebral syphilitic gumma mimicking a brain tumor

A Hamauchi, T Abe, A Nihira, M Mizobuchi… - Rinsho Shinkeigaku …, 2014 - europepmc.org
We report a case of young immunocompetent woman who was presented with a left parieto-
temporal mass as the first and single manifestation of syphilis. A 23 year-old woman with no …

Neurosyphilitic gumma in a homosexual man with HIV infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction

MG Morshed, J Maguire, MK Lee… - … journal of STD & …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
The brain gumma is a rare manifestation of the tertiary stage of syphilis. A case of
neurosyphilitic gumma was confirmed by the Treponema pallidum polymerase chain …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral syphilitic gumma mimicking a brain tumor in the relapse of secondary syphilis in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient

YK Yoon, MJ Kim, YS Chae… - Journal of Korean …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diagnosis of cerebral syphilitic gumma is frequently determined at the time of surgery,
because imaging and laboratory findings demonstrate the elusive results. A 59-year-old …

Cerebral syphilitic gumma in HIV-infected patients: case report and review

LS Weinert, RS Scheffel, G Zoratto… - … journal of STD & …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Neurosyphilis presenting as a cerebral gumma is an uncommon event. To date there are
seven cases of cerebral gumma reported in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected …

A case of a cerebral syphilitic gumma developed in a few months mimicking a brain tumor in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient

L Zhang, Y Zhou, J Chen, W Yan, Q Kong… - British journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Full article: A case of a cerebral syphilitic gumma developed in a few months mimicking a brain
tumor in a human immunodeficiency virus-negative patient Skip to Main Content Taylor and …

Cerebral syphilitic gumma misdiagnosed as a malignant brain tumor

D Xia, M Zhu, C Liu, Y Dai, Z Li, X Jiang… - Journal of Craniofacial …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Syphilitic gumma involvement of the central nervous system is extremely rare and frequently
misdiagnosed. The authors report a patient of a cerebral syphilitic gumma resembling a …

Neurosyphilis with unusual ring enhancement: Case illustration

JM Pollock, F Greiner, C Lovelady, T Chernova - Journal of neurosurgery, 2007 - thejns.org
Neurosyphilis has become a rarely seen manifestation of tertiary syphilis because of the
improvements in early diagnosis and treatment. 2 We present an unusual case of ring …