A treatable cause of ataxia: Tabes dorsalis
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2014
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Sağlık Araştırmaları Derneği
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Özet
Dear Editor,
Syphillis is a spirochetal infectious disease which is
transmitted sexually.1,2 Incidence of this disease has
decreased by penicillin age and gradually increased
since 2000. Neurosyphilis develops in 3 to 5% of
the individuals infected with Treponema pallidum.
Tabes dorsalis appears in 5% of these. Latent period of the syphilis is 10 to 15 years in tabes dorsalis.1-3 Neurosyphilis may appear with different clinical patterns such as meningitis, dementia, stroke,
polyradiculopathy and tabes dorsalis.4,5 Tabes dorsalis, parenchymal form of late-term neurosyphilis
is a rare form of neurosyphilis or tertiary syphilis
characterized by stabbing type pains, sensorial
ataxia, Romberg’s sign, deep sensorial and reflex
loss due to chronic selective involvement of posterior roots and posterior chord of medulla spinalis.1-5
It progresses with slow progressive degeneration of
the spinal nerves.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Tedavi, Ataksi, Tabes dorsalis, Treatment, Ataxia
Kaynak
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
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4
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2
Künye
Çevik, M. U., Acar, A., Uzar, E., Ünan, F., Dayan, S., Tekin, R. ve diğerleri. (2014). A treatable cause of ataxia: Tabes dorsalis. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 4(2), 84-85.
