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DictionarySeeneurosyphilismeningovascular neurosyphilis
me·nin·go·vas·cu·lar neu·ro·syph·i·lissyphilitic meningeal infection accompanied by changes (inflammation, fibrous thickening) in the walls of the subarachnoid arteries, manifested as a stroke, with sudden onset of symptoms such as hemiplegia, aphasia, visual disturbances, etc., and abnormal CSF findings.neurosyphilis (nu?ro-sif'i-lis) Infection of the central nervous system with Treponema pallidum, the spirochete that causes syphilis. It may produce acute or chronic meningitis, dementia, damage to the posterior columns, gummatous lesions, or myelopathy. The disease is diagnosed most often when cerebrospinal fluid tests positive for syphilis on standard serological testing with Venereal Disease Research Laboratories. In patients with AIDS, neurosyphilis is more common and more difficult to eradicate than in those with intact immunity. asymptomatic neurosyphilisNeurosyphilis that is clinically occult. It is diagnosed by changes in spinal fluid. meningovascular neurosyphilisMeningovascular syphilis.paretic neurosyphilisDementia paralytica.tabetic neurosyphilisTabes dorsalis. |