1999
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1999000200025
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Oclusão bilateral das artérias carótidas internas, sífilis meningovascular e SIDA: relato de caso

Abstract: RESUMO -Relatamos um caso de obstrução bilateral na origem das artérias carótidas internas, apresentando como sinais/sintomas associados hemiparesia e hipoestesia superficial e profunda à direita, associada a sífilis meningovascular em paciente com SIDA. Tomografia de crânio apresentou pequenas lesões hipodensas, com predomínio à esquerda, e arteriografia evidenciou oclusão bilateral das artérias carótidas. A associação entre lues e SIDA não é infrequente, porém o quadro oligossintomático do paciente, provavel… Show more

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“…Syphilis meningovascular corresponds to the clinical form in 2-10% of patients with CNS involvement. It usually occurs between 6 and 7 years after the original infection and may present in a great variability, described from six months to 10 years 5,[13][14][15] . Clinically, syphilis meningovascular can manifest itself by acute stroke, particularly ischemic or, more commonly, as sub acute illness, with a prodrome of weeks or months.…”
Section: Relato De Casomentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Syphilis meningovascular corresponds to the clinical form in 2-10% of patients with CNS involvement. It usually occurs between 6 and 7 years after the original infection and may present in a great variability, described from six months to 10 years 5,[13][14][15] . Clinically, syphilis meningovascular can manifest itself by acute stroke, particularly ischemic or, more commonly, as sub acute illness, with a prodrome of weeks or months.…”
Section: Relato De Casomentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The second case refers to a young patient with ischemia in the area of the middle cerebral artery whose etiological investigation proved neurosyphilis. The middle cerebral artery branches are the most often affected, but any vascular territory in the brain or in the spinal cord can be stricken 5,7,8,15 . The diagnosis is established by lying inflammatory CSF with positive serological results for syphilis.…”
Section: Relato De Casomentioning
confidence: 99%