Open AccessLATENT NEUROSYPHILIS — CAUSE OF DEATH
Author(s) -
А. В. Вислобоков,
С. А. Жучков,
Р. А. Хмельницкий
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/0042-4609-2018-94-1-78-84
Subject(s) - neurosyphilis , medicine , syphilis , cause of death , lesion , pathology , dermatology , disease , immunology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The article describes a rare case of a manifest late neurosyphilis with a fatal outcome. Literature data on the features of the clinical course of neurosyphilis and its pathomorphological pattern are given. The results of a laboratory examination, including a histological examination, confirming the syphilitic lesion of the nervous system in this clinical observation are presented.