Small vessel occlusion and syphilis in patients with first-ever ischemic stroke.
Matheus Gomes FerreiraValéria Cristina ScavasineGiovanni Luís BredaBernardo Montesanti Machado de AlmeidaViviane de Hiroki Flumignan ZetolaMarcos Christiano LangePublished in: Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria (2021)
The current study showed that the frequency of positive syphilis serological test was higher in patients with first-ever ischemic stroke and SVD as the potential causal mechanism. This finding could be related to the endothelial dysfunction occurring in syphilis.