Open AccessClinical features of syphilitic myelitis with longitudinally extensive myelopathy on spinal magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Junliang Yuan,
Wei-Xue Wang,
Wenli Hu
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v7.i11.1282
Subject(s) - medicine , myelitis , myelopathy , neurosyphilis , syphilis , treponema , spinal cord , pathology , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , psychiatry
Syphilitic myelitis caused by Treponema pallidum is an extremely rare disease. However, symptomatic neurosyphilis, especially syphilitic myelitis, and its clinical features have been infrequently reported. Only a few cases of syphilitic myelitis have been documented. To the best of our knowledge, there are only 19 reported cases of syphilitic myelitis. However, the clinical features of syphilitic myelitis with longitudinally extensive myelopathy have been still not clear.