Osteolytic calvarial lesions as initial presentation of latent neurosyphilis

Colin Son; Derek Samples; Andrew Brenner; John Floyd

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2014.11.014

Osteolytic calvarial lesions as initial presentation of latent neurosyphilis

Colin Son, Derek Samples, Andrew Brenner, John Floyd

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Abstract

We report a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection whose initial presentation of neurosyphilis was painful calvarial lesions. A literature search reveals seven previous cases of calvarial involvement in early acquired syphilis but none in patients diagnosed with neurosyphilis. This patient emphasizes the need to consider atypical infections when encountering skull lesions, especially in the setting of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	909-910
Number of pages	2
Journal	Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
Volume	22
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2014.11.014
State	Published - May 1 2015

Keywords

Human immunodeficiency virus
Skull tumor
Syphilis
Syphilitic osteitis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Clinical Neurology
Neurology
Physiology (medical)
Surgery

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