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De Novo Status Epilepticus as the Presenting Sign of Neurosyphilis
- Source :
- Epilepsia. 39:1367-1369
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 1998.
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Abstract
- Although the incidence of seizures in neurosyphilis ranges from 14 to 60%, status epilepticus (SE) as a presenting complaint of neurosyphilis is definitely rare. A 44-year-old human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative man with no history of epilepsy suddenly presented with acute mental confusion and was diagnosed as having a de novo complex partial nonconvulsive SE. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) findings, neuroimaging, and clinical course indicated that SE was the presenting symptom of an undiagnosed syphilitic meningovasculitis. The case is presented with a review of previous reports to emphasize the differential features and to underscore the importance of considering neurosyphilis among the possible causes of de novo SE.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sexually transmitted disease
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Leukocytosis
Status epilepticus
Diagnosis, Differential
Neurosyphilis
Epilepsy
Status Epilepticus
medicine
Humans
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Syphilis Serodiagnosis
Neurology
Etiology
Female
Syphilis
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
Vasculitis
business
Meningitis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15281167 and 00139580
- Volume :
- 39
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epilepsia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....80e65f9d193671b46789272b62e701ed