MRI and CT Findings of Intracranial Neurosyphilis
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
;
: 205-209, 1999.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-183974
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the CT and MRI findings of neurosyphilis. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We retrospectivelyreviewed the CT and MR imaging findings in five patients with intracranial neurosyphilis confirmed by CSF, VDRL,TPHA, and clinical follow-up. MR imaging was performed in all five cases, and CT in two.RESULTS:
The MRI and CTfindings of intracranial neurosyphilis included infarction (n=3), focal inflammation (n=1) and encephalopathy(n=1). There was a total of ten infaretions three of the basal ganglia, two each of the frontal lobe, watershedzone, and cerebellum, and one of the occipital lobe. Intaretion was most common in MCA territory (n=9; 50%),followed by the watershed zone (16.6%), posterior cerebral artery territory (16.6%), and posterior inferiorcerebellar artery territory (11.1%), The size of the lesion varied from 1cm to larger than one lobe. One patientshowed diffuse high signal intensity in the left temporal lobe, but on follow-up MRI, this had resolved.CONCLUSION:
The most common finding of neurosyphilis, as seen on MRI and CT, was infarction in middle cerebralarterial territory.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Arteries
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Temporal Lobe
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Basal Ganglia
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Syphilis
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Cerebellum
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Follow-Up Studies
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Posterior Cerebral Artery
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Frontal Lobe
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Infarction
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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