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The spinal cord can be involved in a variety of disease processes. These can be congenital or acquired. An acute onset of symptoms usually allows a defined set of causes to be considered including trauma, ruptured vascular anomalies, demyelination, and myelitis. Intramedullary cavernous hemangioma of the spinal cord is a congenital or acquired vascular malformation, and one of the rare causes of hematomyelia. We present such a case, and discuss the symptoms, diagnosis, and suggested best treatment options based on a review of present day literature
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Humanos , Masculino , Hemangioma Cavernoso do Sistema Nervoso Central/congênito , Hemangioma Cavernoso do Sistema Nervoso Central/diagnóstico por imagem , Hemangioma Cavernoso do Sistema Nervoso Central/terapia , Hemangioma Cavernoso do Sistema Nervoso Central/cirurgia , Neoplasias da Medula Espinal/congênito , Neoplasias da Medula Espinal/diagnóstico , Neoplasias da Medula Espinal/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias da Medula Espinal/cirurgia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Líquido CefalorraquidianoRESUMO
Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system with treponema pallidum species, and true to its reputation as the old mimic, can present with a multitude of clinical scenarios, one of which is stroke in the young. Rare in developed countries, except for an at-risk population of drug abusers and HIV infected patients; it is still common in the rest of the world. We describe the case of a young Indian male, his presentation, diagnosis and treatment, and remarkable recovery on aqueous penicillin G therapy following his presentation with a stroke