MRI of neurosyphilis presenting as mesiotemporal abnormalities: A case report

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-312

  Yu, Mi Jeong ^a   Hee, Young Hwang ^a   Hyung, Sik Kim ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR); Mesial temporal lesions; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHANCRE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PENICILLINS; RARE DISEASES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONGUE;

EID: 66849099537     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2009.10.3.310     Document Type: Article

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