Fatal cerebrospi-nal meningitis due to Treponema pallidum infection

• Main Authors: Abramova T.P., Kolokolova A.M., E.V., Lukina, Kolokolov O.V., Maslyakova G.N., Moiseev A.A.
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Saratov State Medical University 2012-06-01
• Series: Саратовский научно-медицинский журнал
• Subjects: histological examination; meningitis; neurosyphilis
• Online Access: http://www.ssmj.ru/system/files/201202_494-499.pdf
• ISSN: 1995-0039; 2076-2518

<p>We report the case of young patient, whose cause of death was generalized syphilitic cerebrospinal meningitis. The results of autopsy and histological examination are presented. The possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging to verify the form of neurosyphilis is discussed.</p>