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. 2022 Jul 6;21(3):198-200.
doi: 10.18502/cjn.v21i3.11114.

A rare case of neurosyphilis presenting as generalized dystonia with bilateral cerebellar infarctions

Evgenii Nuzhnyi  1 , Guzel Urazgildeeva  1 , Viktoriya Trubitsyna  2 , Rodion Konovalov  2 , Maxim Krasnov  1 , Ekaterina Fedotova  1 , Sergey Illarioshkin  1
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A rare case of neurosyphilis presenting as generalized dystonia with bilateral cerebellar infarctions

Evgenii Nuzhnyi et al. Curr J Neurol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Cerebellum; Dystonia; Neurosyphilis; Syphilis.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest in this study.

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Clinical features (A) and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study (B-G) of the patient; B-C [T2-weighted-fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (T2-FLAIR)] and D (T1-WI): Bilateral cerebellar infarctions (yellow arrows); E (T2-FLAIR): Periventricular white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) (red arrows), frontal and parietal lobes atrophy (green arrows); F (T2-WI) and G (T1-WI): Postoperative changes including putaminal and thalamic cysts (yellow arrows)
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