Cerebral infarction as initial manifestation of meningovascular neurosyphilis in an immunocompetent patient - A case report with long term follow-up.
Davor BatinićRonald AntulovInge Klupka-SarićAnita IvankovićRenata JurinaMarijana Karlović VidakovićIvana Talić DrljeJurica ArpovićPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
To present a 29-year-old immunocompetent patient with neurosyphilitic changes characterized by multiple acute ischemic brain strokes along with significant narrowing of several large intracranial arteries. Ceftriaxone treatment for 14 days followed by benzathine benzylpenicillin weekly for additional 3 weeks, showed improvement in meningovascular changes.