meningovascular syphilis

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meningovascular syphilis

[mə‚niŋ·gə′vas·kyə·lər ′sif·ə·ləs]

(medicine)

Syphilis of the central nervous system involving the formation of gummas of the leptomeninges and endarteritis of cerebral vessels.

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A case of meningovascular syphilis affecting the posterior circulation," Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, vol.

Ischemic Stroke in an HIV Positive Patient: An Initial Presentation of Neurosyphilis

(5,6) Neurosyphilis may be asymptomatic or symptomatic, manifesting in the latter as syphilitic meningitis, meningovascular syphilis, or parenchymatous neurosyphilis.

Syphilis sero-positivity in recently admitted and long-term psychiatric inpatients: screening, prevalence and diagnostic profile

How HIV may affect the course and treatment of syphilis * Higher RPR or T pallidum hemagglutination assay titer * False-negative syphilis serology * More frequent prozone phenomenon (* 68) * Higher rate of asymptomatic primary syphilis (66-68) * Multiple or deeper chancres during primary syphilis (69) * Overlap of primary- and secondary-stage features of syphilis (66,68) * Shorter latency period before meningovascular syphilis * Increased rate of early neurologic and ophthalmic involvement (66,68) * More rapid progression to tertiary manifestations (69) * Reduced efficacy of standard therapy for early syphilis ([dagger] 66) * More frequent relapse ([dagger] 68,70) * Delayed normalization of CSF values after treatment (69) Adapted from Pialoux et al.