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Hong, Jin Ho;Lee, Ha Young;Lim, Myung Kwan;Kang, Young Hye;Lee, Kyung Hee;Cho, Soon Gu
- Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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- v.18 no.3
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- pp.263-268
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- 2014
Neurosyphilis is a rare infection of the brain and spinal cord caused by a spirochete named Treponema pallidum. We describe the magnetic resonance imaging of a 53-year-old man with syphilis who manifested as both meningovascular, and spinal meningomyelitic types, which involved the optic, trigeminal, facial and vestibulocochlear nerves, both middle and left posterior cerebral arteries, thoracic spinal cord and meninges of the lumbar spine. This case report suggests that neurosyphilis should be considered as a possible diagnosis in patients showing complex brain and spinal imaging features. These features include enhancing meningeal lesions with multiple cranial nerve involvement, stenoses in large to medium size cerebral arteries, and intramedullary and meningeal lesions of spine.
https://doi.org/10.13104/jksmrm.2014.18.3.263 인용 PDF KSCI

Jung, Ji-Sun;Park, Sang-Woo;Kim, Chun-Soo;Lee, Sang-Lak;Kwon, Tae-Chan
- Neonatal Medicine
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- v.15 no.2
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- pp.207-211
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- 2008
Congenital syphilis is a rare cause of non-immune hydrops fetalis. We cared for a neonate with hydrops fetalis who was delivered by emergency Cesarean section due to prolonged fetal bradycardia and ascites at 34 weeks of gestation. He had anemia, purpura, and hepatosplenomegaly, and the serologic tests revealed congenital syphilis (high titers of serum VDRL and TPHA, and a positive serum FTA-ABS IgM). He survived after aspiration of ascitic fluid, ventilator care, and intravenous penicillin therapy. We report a case of non-immune hydrops fetalis due to congenital syphilis with a brief review of literature.