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Case Reports
. 2024 Apr 30;12(5):e8836.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.8836. eCollection 2024 May.

Case report-Depression with psychotic features as an atypical presentation of neurosyphilis

Aykut Aytulun  1 , Laura Sophie Grannemann  1 , Colin R MacKenzie  2 , Alexandros Dimitrakopoulos  1 , Francesca Pessanha-Schlegel  1 , Daniel Kamp  1 , Leonhard Schilbach  1   3
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Case report-Depression with psychotic features as an atypical presentation of neurosyphilis

Aykut Aytulun et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

Recurrent depression with psychotic features is an atypical presentation of neurosyphilis. This case emphasizes the polymorphic clinical presentation of neurosyphilis and how it mimics affective disorders with psychotic symptoms.

Keywords: cerebrospinal fluid; depression with psychotic features; neuropsychiatry; neurosyphilis.

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All authors declare no conflicts of interest related to the work presented.

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