title: Efficacy of corticosteroid therapy on cerebral gummas: risks and implications.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pappalardo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Di Leonardo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Crescenzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Virga
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones