[Facial nerve palsy in syphilitic meningitis. Treatment of syphilitic meningitis (author's transl)]
- PMID: 532551
[Facial nerve palsy in syphilitic meningitis. Treatment of syphilitic meningitis (author's transl)]
Abstract
The authors are presenting a case of meningitis with facial nerve palsy due to early syphilis. The frequency, symptomatology and treatment of this meningeal invasion during the septicaemic phase of secundary syphilis are discussed.
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