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Chronic flaccid quadriparesis from tract specific myelopathy in neurosyphilis.

Angel Miraclin TArun Mathai ManiAjith SivadasanAppaswamy Thirumal PrabhakarPavithra MannamJohn Antony Jude PrakashRohit Ninan Benjamin
Published in: Spinal cord series and cases (2023)
"Tract-specific" complete transverse myelopathy with persistent flaccid weakness and areflexia is a novel presentation of neurosyphilis. Early recognition and crystalline penicillin therapy can alleviate morbidity. Our report describes this patient's findings and discusses the differential diagnoses of tract-specific myelopathies.
Keyphrases
  • spinal cord
  • case report
  • spinal cord injury
  • bone marrow