Parenchymatous NEUROSYPHILIS marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, URINARY INCONTINENCE; ATAXIA; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), OPTIC ATROPHY; Argyll-Robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (Charcot's Joint; see ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726)

'Oblongata' crises in tabes dorsalis. (1/19)

A patient in the pre-ataxic stage of tabes dorsalis suffered from gastric crises, but in addition had numerous episodes of apnoea and coma which in the older literature have been described as 'oblongata crises'--the presumption being that the crises are due to a brain stem disturbance.  (+info)

Flaccid paraplegia: a feature of spinal cord lesions in Holmes-Adie syndrome and tabes dorsalis. (2/19)

In a patient with Holmes-Adie syndrome, and in another with tabes dorsalis, a transverse cord lesion resulted in a severe, but flaccid paraplegia with absent tendon reflexes. Flexor spasms were severe in both patients, but spasticity was absent. The significance of these observations is discussed in relation to the functional and anatomical disorder in these two syndromes.  (+info)

Rapidly progressive tabes dorsalis associated with selective IgA deficiency. (3/19)

Tabes dorsalis is uncommon and progresses slowly from infection to clinical manifestation. We report a rare case of rapidly progressive tabes dorsalis associated with selective IgA deficiency (sIgAD). A 28-year-old man was hospitalized with lightning back pain, nausea, and bladder bowel dysfunction. Serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed high titers of Treponema pallidum antibody, and the serum IgA level was less than 5 mg/dl. Thl-dominant cytokine expression was observed, as is usually seen in neurosyphilis. He was treated with Ceftriaxone and CSF pleocytosis disappeared. We postulate sIgAD influenced the atypical rapid clinical course of tabes dorsalis in this patient.  (+info)

Tabes dorsalis with sudden onset of paraplegia. (4/19)

A case is presented of tabes dorsalis with spinal gumma producing collapse of the L5 vertebra followed by paraplegia.  (+info)

Neurosyphilis manifesting as spinal transverse myelitis. (5/19)

Spinal myelitis caused by neurosyphilis is an extremely rare disease, and there are only few visual examples of magnetic resonance imaging scans. We present a clinical case of neurosyphilis, which is of great importance concerning diagnostic, differential diagnosis, and tactics of management. A patient complaining of progressive legs weakness, numbness, and shooting-like pain in the legs as well as pelvic dysfunction was admitted to the hospital. Neurological examination revealed spinal cord lesion symptoms: legs weakness, impairment of superficial and deep sensation together with pathological symptoms in the legs. Hernia of intervertebral disc or tumor was suspected, and myelography with computed tomography of the spine was performed. No pathological findings were observed. More precise examination of the patient (a small scar in the genitals and condylomata lata in anal region were noticed) pointed to possible syphilis-induced spinal cord lesion. Serologic syphilis diagnostic tests (Treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay, reagin plasma response, serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and cerebrospinal fluid tests (general cerebrospinal fluid test and Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test) confirmed the diagnosis of neurosyphilis. Spinal cord lesion determined by magnetic resonance imaging was evaluated as spinal syphilis or syphilis-induced myelitis. Conventional treatment showed a partial effect.  (+info)

Case report: Neuropathic arthropathy of the hip as a sequela of undiagnosed tertiary syphilis. (6/19)

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Meningovascular neurosyphilis: a report of stroke in a young adult. (7/19)

A young adult patient with meningovascular neurosyphilis in the form of acute ischemic stroke with right hemiparesis and speech disturbance is reported. CT scan showed features of ischemic infarct and extensive laboratory studies were made before the diagnosis ultimately was revealed. Such cases could result in confusion for the clinician, and high index of clinical suspicion of this condition is required since syphilis is not routinely tested, as routine screening is seen to be of low diagnostic yield. As clinical practice indicates, it remains a difficult problem approaching diagnosis of neurosyphilis, and this is achieved through exclusion of neurosyphilis as a clinical possibility.  (+info)

Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord in a man with tabes dorsalis. (8/19)

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Tabes dorsalis is a late-stage complication of untreated neurosyphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum. It is characterized by degeneration of the posterior columns and dorsal roots of the spinal cord, leading to various neurological symptoms.

The medical definition of Tabes Dorsalis is:

A chronic progressive degenerative disease of the spinal cord, specifically affecting the dorsal root ganglia and posterior columns, caused by the tertiary stage of syphilis. The condition is characterized by a combination of motor, sensory, and autonomic disturbances, including ataxia, Romberg's sign, lightning pains, hypo- or areflexia, impaired proprioception, dissociated sensations, and Argyll Robertson pupils. If left untreated, Tabes Dorsalis can lead to significant disability and even death.

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Further complications from tabes dorsalis include optic nerve damage, blindness, shooting pains, urinary incontinence, and ... "Medical Definition of Tabes dorsalis". MedicineNet.com. MedicineNet.com. Retrieved 27 March 2018. McKinley, William; Santos, ... The bacteria Treponema pallidum that causes syphilis results in locomotor ataxia and tabes dorsalis. ...
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M. Westenhöffer: Tabes dorsalis und Syphilis. - Berlin: C. Vogts Buchdrückerei, 1894. - 34 pages (Berlin, Medizinische Fakultät ... Augustus 1894) Thesis on Tabes dorsalis and Syphilis M. Westenhöffer: Über die Grenzen der übertragbarkeit der Tuberculose ...
Ferrier, D. (1906). "The Lumleian Lectures on Tabes Dorsalis". The British Medical Journal. 1 (2361): 721-726. doi:10.1136/bmj. ... On Tabes Dorsalis 1907 George Henry Savage, Insanity, its Causes and Increase 1908 Sir James Sawyer, Points of Practice in ...
Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis Bhat, Sriram; M, Sriram Bhat (30 December 2012). SRB's Manual of Surgery. JP Medical Ltd. p. ...
The parenchymal syphilis, presents as tabes dorsalis and general paresis. Tabes dorsalis thought to be due to irreversible ... It presents with the constellation of symptoms known as tabes dorsalis, because of a degenerative process of the posterior ...
His work included the study of tabes dorsalis and alcoholism. He died in 1934. Joseph Louis Irenée Jean Abadie at Who Named It ...
Pathogénie du tabes dorsal (Pathogenesis of tabes dorsalis) Paris, Naud, 1903. La Structure fine du système nerveux (The ... Nageotte's radicular nerve: Nageotte placed the initial lesion of tabes dorsalis in the root component of the radicular nerve. ... In addition he investigated tabes dorsalis, and with Joseph Babinski (1857-1932), the Babinski-Nageotte syndrome was described ... Tabès et paralysie générale (Tabes and general paralysis), Paris, Steinheil, 1893. Contribution à l'étude du cytodiagnostic du ...
The term "Pitres' sign" refers to hypoesthesia of the scrotum and testicles in tabes dorsalis. "Complete Record - Heirs of ... His name became associated with pleural effusion and with tabes dorsalis. ...
He went on to study tabes dorsalis and the treatment of epilepsy. In 1907, Dr. Balint recorded his observations of a patient ...
He is also credited for providing an early description of tabes dorsalis. This article incorporates translated text from an ... and tabes dorsalis before Romberg: the contribution of Ernst Horn v t e (Articles with short description, Short description ...
Beitrag zum Faserverlauf im Hinterhorn des menschlichen Rückenmarks und zum Verhalten desselben bei Tabes Dorsalis. Ein Fall ... Beitrag zur pathologische Anatomie des Tabes dorsalis und zum Faserverlauf in menschlichen Rückenmark. Neurologisches ...
Some conditions, such as tabes dorsalis appear predominantly in males and begin in midlife. Optic neuritis, though, occurs ... neuropathies such as those produced by vitamin B12 deficiency Central pontine myelinolysis Myelopathies such as tabes dorsalis ...
Neurosyphilis at this point can cause several damages to the body, including tabes dorsalis. When the nervous system is ... which includes general paresis and tabes dorsalis), and optic atrophy. Meningitis inflames and breaks down any protective ...
Gieson, IRA VAN (1890). "A Contribution To The Pathology Of The Laryngeal And Other Crises In Tabes Dorsalis". Journal of ...
Karolina Olsson Neurosyphilis Tabes dorsalis Tuskegee experiment Bangen, Hans: Geschichte der medikamentösen Therapie der ...
Symptomatische Therapie und Pflege bei Tabes dorsalis, 1908 - Symptomatic therapy and care for tabes dorsalis. Einführung in ...
Babinski-Vaquez syndrome: Tabes dorsalis associated with cardiac and arterial pathology as late manifestation of syphilis. ...
He made early observations associated with syphilis to tabes dorsalis (nerve fiber and nerve cell degeneration). In his ... Erb-Westphal symptom: a reflex anomaly seen in tabes dorsalis, named with German neurologist Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal. ... research of tabes dorsalis, he tried to find the link between this condition and syphilis. He also made contributions in his ... Ueber die spastische Spinalparalyse (Tabes dorsal spasmodique, Charcot); (On spastic spinal paralysis), 1877. Handbuch der ...
In 1912 he obtained his medical doctorate with a thesis on osteoarthropathy associated with tabes dorsalis. See also André ...
It is often a symptom of tabes dorsalis, which is a key finding in tertiary syphilis. It is caused by degeneration of the ...
In 1904 he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on eye changes associated with tabes dorsalis. During World War I, Léri ...
He wrote articles on a wide array of medical topics, including works on tabes dorsalis and poliomyelitis. In 1887-99 he ...
Pilling died of locomotor ataxia, now called Tabes dorsalis, a disease associated with untreated syphilis, in 1895. J. W. ... Deaths from tabes dorsalis, Gonzaga College High School alumni). ...
Strümpell's wide-ranging research involved tabes dorsalis, spinal cord diseases, infantile paralysis, acromegalia, and ...
He also published significant works on tabes dorsalis, alcoholism, anterior poliomyelitis, syphilis, multiple sclerosis and ...
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In 1839, he died of Tabes dorsalis in Saint Petersburg and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. Dashkov, Dmitry ...
Deaths from tabes dorsalis tabes_dorsalis at NINDS "Pels Crisis". Retrieved December 14, 2009.[permanent dead link] Basic ... completed his doctorate on tabes dorsalis in 1885. German storywriter E.T.A. Hoffmann appears to have had and died from tabes ... Romberg, Moritz (1853). Tabes dorsalis. Chapter 49 in: A manual of the nervous diseases of man Vol 2 (Translated and edited by ... The incidence of tabes dorsalis is rising, in part due to co-associated HIV infection.[citation needed] Although there were ...
The history of tabes dorsalis and the impact of observational studies in neurology. Arch Neurol. 2000;57:605-6. DOIPubMedGoogle ... Locomotor ataxia (tabes dorsalis; posterior spinal sclerosis). In: The principles and practice of medicine: designed for the ... It was only in 1875 that Jean-Alfred Fournier firmly advanced syphilis as the cause of tabes dorsalis. The English neurologist ... Vora, S. K., & Lyons, R. W. (2004). The Medical Kipling-Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Rombergs Test. Emerging Infectious ...
A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. Despite receiving a course of penicillin ... Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy. ... Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy. ...
In a patient with Holmes-Adie syndrome, and in another with tabes dorsalis, a transverse cord lesion resulted in a severe, but ... Flaccid paraplegia: a feature of spinal cord lesions in Holmes-Adie syndrome and tabes dorsalis. ... Flaccid paraplegia: a feature of spinal cord lesions in Holmes-Adie syndrome and tabes dorsalis. ...
Tabes Dorsalis, and Rombergs Test. 10(6). Vora, Setu K. and Lyons, Robert W. "The Medical Kipling-Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, ... Vora, Setu K. and Lyons, Robert W. "The Medical Kipling-Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Rombergs Test" vol. 10, no. 6, 2004. ... Title : The Medical Kipling-Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Rombergs Test Personal Author(s) : Vora, Setu K.;Lyons, Robert W.; ...
Tabes Dorsalis. Tabes dorsalis is a slowly progressive parenchymatous degenerative disease involving the posterior columns (ie ... Tabes dorsalis has become uncommon, but this is likely to be the only manifestation of neurosyphilis that has been altered ... Pandey S. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord in a man with tabes dorsalis. J Spinal Cord Med. 2011 Nov. 34(6):609-11 ... Tabes dorsalis can appear consistent with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis must also ...
Tabes Dorsalis. Tabes dorsalis is a slowly progressive parenchymatous degenerative disease involving the posterior columns (ie ... Tabes dorsalis has become uncommon, but this is likely to be the only manifestation of neurosyphilis that has been altered ... Pandey S. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord in a man with tabes dorsalis. J Spinal Cord Med. 2011 Nov. 34(6):609-11 ... Tabes dorsalis can appear consistent with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis must also ...
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Late neurologic manifestations (e.g., tabes dorsalis and general paresis) occur 10 to ,30 years after infection. ... Tertiary syphilis can present with cardiac involvement, gummatous lesions, tabes dorsalis, and general paresis. ...
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The last 3 and most severe forms of neurosyphilis is general paresis (GPI), meniningovascular syphilis, and tabes dorsalis. It ...
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One should also look for tabes dorsalis. 5. Is there a secondary gain? Hysterical patients and patients who are malingering ... one should consider peripheral neuropathy or tabes dorsalis. 4. Is the ataxia worse in the dark? This is a sign that the dorsal ...
Tabes dorsalis, another form of neurosyphilis, produces a stumbling, foot-slapping gait in its victims due to the destruction ...
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Freud creates very early on a differential diagnosis between tabes dorsalis (a label for one of the late manifestations of ... This led to the diagnosis of a fairly advanced stage of tabes, which later was treated with Hg injections (Ol. cinereum) by ...
In tabes dorsalis, serum reaginic tests may be negative if patients have been previously treated, but serum treponemal tests ... Patients with tabes dorsalis and lightning pains should be given analgesics as needed; carbamazepine 200 mg orally 3 or 4 times ... Most patients with tabes dorsalis are thin and have characteristic sad facies and Argyll Robertson pupils (pupils that ... Tabes dorsalis (locomotor ataxia) involves slow, progressive degeneration of the posterior columns and nerve roots. It ...
Tabes Dorsalis -- etiology. Tabes Dorsalis -- therapy. Diagnosis, Differential 2. The arthropathies of locomotor ataxia ... Tabes Dorsalis -- complications. Arthropathy, Neurogenic -- etiology 3. Spinal arthropathies Author(s): Mitchell, S. Weir ( ...
  • Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily in the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord (nerve root). (wikipedia.org)
  • The last 3 and most severe forms of neurosyphilis is general paresis (GPI), meniningovascular syphilis, and tabes dorsalis. (bartleby.com)
  • citation needed] Tabes dorsalis is caused by demyelination by advanced syphilis infection (tertiary syphilis) when the primary infection by the causative spirochete bacterium, Treponema pallidum, is left untreated for an extended period of time (past the point of blood infection by the organism). (wikipedia.org)
  • Poet Charles Baudelaire contracted syphilis in 1839 and resorted to opium to help alleviate the pain of tabes dorsalis ascending his spine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Painter Édouard Manet died of syphilis complications, including tabes dorsalis, in 1883, aged 51. (wikipedia.org)
  • A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. (bmj.com)
  • Title : The Medical Kipling-Syphilis, Tabes Dorsalis, and Romberg's Test Personal Author(s) : Vora, Setu K.;Lyons, Robert W. (cdc.gov)
  • Tertiary syphilis can present with cardiac involvement, gummatous lesions, tabes dorsalis, and general paresis. (cdc.gov)
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, completed his doctorate on tabes dorsalis in 1885. (wikipedia.org)
  • He completed his doctorate on the subject of tabes dorsalis in 1885. (goodreads.com)
  • If there are glove and stocking hypoesthesia and hypoactive reflexes, one should consider peripheral neuropathy or tabes dorsalis. (checkorphan.org)
  • Flaccid paraplegia: a feature of spinal cord lesions in Holmes-Adie syndrome and tabes dorsalis. (bmj.com)
  • Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy. (bmj.com)
  • The incidence of tabes dorsalis is rising, in part due to co-associated HIV infection. (wikipedia.org)
  • Those with tabes dorsalis may also require physical therapy and occupational therapy to deal with muscle wasting and weakness. (wikipedia.org)
  • A B., a man, aged 54, married, was sent to me in the summer of 1925 with definite physical signs of beginning tabes dorsalis. (jamanetwork.com)
  • A complication of tabes dorsalis can be transient neuralgic paroxysmal pain affecting the eyes and the ophthalmic areas, previously called "Pel's crises" after Dutch physician P.K. Pel. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tabes dorsalgia" is a related lancinating back pain. (wikipedia.org)
  • DCML lesions can be seen in vitamin B12 deficiency and tabes dorsalis (a complication of syphilis). (brainscape.com)
  • A complication of tabes dorsalis can be transient neuralgic paroxysmal pain affecting the eyes and the ophthalmic areas, previously called "Pel's crises" after Dutch physician P.K. Pel. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tabes dorsalis is a complication of untreated syphilis that involves muscle weakness and abnormal sensations. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Tabes dorsalis refers to a complication arising when syphilis is left untreated and it involves symptoms like abnormal sensations and muscle weakness. (healthmaza.com)
  • Tabes dorsalis is the result of an untreated syphilis infection. (nih.gov)
  • citation needed] Tabes dorsalis is caused by demyelination by advanced syphilis infection (tertiary syphilis) when the primary infection by the causative spirochete bacterium, Treponema pallidum, is left untreated for an extended period of time (past the point of blood infection by the organism). (wikipedia.org)
  • Two years or more after exposure to syphilis a period of tertiary syphilis develops with tabes dorsalis being one of the manifestations. (neuroweb.us)
  • For example, when syphilis enters its latent stage, is it inevitably going to end in tertiary syphilis with aortic aneurysms or general paresis of the insane or tabes dorsalis or gummas? (brevis.com)
  • Tabes dorsalis is a slow degeneration of the nerve cells and nerve fibers that carry sensory information to the brain. (nih.gov)
  • Consider participating in a clinical trial so clinicians and scientists can learn more about tabes dorsalis and related disorders. (nih.gov)
  • Painter Édouard Manet died of syphilis complications, including tabes dorsalis, in 1883, aged 51. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tabes dorsalis, its diagnosis and etiology. (nih.gov)
  • a negative result essentially excludes the diagnosis of tabes dorsalis. (neuroweb.us)
  • This leads to the symptoms of tabes dorsalis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Symptoms of tabes dorsalis are caused by damage to the nervous system. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Proper treatment and follow-up of syphilis infections reduces the risk of developing tabes dorsalis. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, completed his doctorate on tabes dorsalis in 1885. (wikipedia.org)
  • Tabes dorsalis is now very rare because syphilis is usually treated early in the disease. (medlineplus.gov)
  • How can I or my loved one help improve care for people with tabes dorsalis? (nih.gov)