Katelaris, Anthea L

Janson, Sonja

Ramachandran, Prashanth

Spencer, Emma

2018-08-01

This case report presents the clinical record of a 37-year-old man who presented with a dense right hemiplegia, found to be caused by a left medial medullary stroke. The cause of the stroke was unclear, and bacterial endocarditis was initially suspected. However, he was ultimately found to have neurosyphilis on a background of undiagnosed human immunodeficiency virus and was treated with benzylpenicillin. This case report reviews the diagnosis of neurosyphilis and highlights the importance of considering neurosyphilis as a rare but important cause of stroke, especially given the increasing prevalence of syphilis in Australia.

Internal medicine journal 2018-08; 48(8): 992-995

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3020-312X

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30133989/?otool=iaurydwlib

https://hdl.handle.net/10137/7042

HIV

neurosyphilis

stroke

syphilis

Medial medullary stroke due to neurosyphilis in a newly diagnosed HIV-positive man.

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