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Опубликовано 2011-09-25 Опубликовано на SciPeople2012-02-20 23:26:40 ЖурналSaratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research

Possibilities of magnetic resonance tomography in identification and diagnostics of neurosyphilis forms

Kolokolov O.V., Bakulev A.L., Zuev V.V., Sholomov I.I., Chekhonatskaya M.L, Kolesnikov A.I., Tikhonova LA., Starodubova A. V. / Антон Киселев ^{контактное лицо}

Kolokolov O.V., Bakulev A.L., Zuev V.V., Sholomov I.I., Chekhonatskaya M.L, Kolesnikov A.I., Tikhonova LA., Starodubova A. V. Possibilities of magnetic resonance tomography in identification and diagnostics of neurosyphilis forms // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 7, Issue 3, 2011, pp. 647-652

Аннотация Aim: To evaluate the possibilities of the magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) in diagnostics and identification of neurosyphilis. Materials and methods: A total of 1387 patients with different forms of documented neurosyphilis were examined to study the deficiency of neurological function. The diagnosis of neurosyphilis was confirmed by CSF-study. MRT was performed in 57 cases. Results: Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) in 6 patients showed no pathology, 16 patients had arachnoid cystic changes and in 16 cases hydrocephaly occurred. Cerebral cortical atrophy was presented in 13 patients, in 12 cases — multifocal changes were visualized, 12 patients had white matter structural changes. Two cases required diagnostics. A 59-year-old man was hospitalized with epileptic seizure, progressive dementia and multifocal neurologic symptoms. A 40-year-old man was examined with recurring episodes of acute cere-brospinal accident and progressing cognitive disorders. Conclusion: MRT could be used in differential diagnostics of neurosyphilis imitating space-occupying lesions of cerebrum and spinal cord, tumors of central nervous system and could help to define the form of neurosyphilis