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Neurosyphilis showing transient global amnesia-like attacks and magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities mainly in
H Fujimoto1, T Imaizumi, Y Nishimura
1First Department (Neurology) of Internal Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Asahimachi.
Internal Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
|June 8, 2001
Abstract:
We report a case of neurosyphilis with transient global amnesia (TGA)-like attacks on the first presentation. MRI abnormalities in bilateral limbic systems, including a few lesions in the basal ganglia and thalamus, were identified. Depression and dementia became apparent, accompanied by a high treponemal antibody titer and mild cortical atrophy. Antisyphilitic therapy brought about mild improvement, and the MRI abnormalities decreased.