Efficacy of corticosteroid therapy on cerebral gummas: risks and implications.
Complete resolution of a cerebral gumma can take place after massive corticosteroid treatment. Such a result in patients not known as syphilitic can be misleading and hamper the identification of the true nature of the lesion.
Morello
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Department of Neurosurgery, University of Palermo, Italy.
Pappalardo
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Di Leonardo
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De Crescenzo
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Virga
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones