[Neurosyphilis: a rare cause of dementia].
BACKGROUND
Neurosyphilis had to be evoked in the face of an atypical dementia.


METHODS
We describe the case of a 65-year-old man who presented with neurosyphilis suspected to precede behavioral and cognitive problems in the context of risky sexual behavior and was confirmed by serologic tests in the cerebrospinal fluid.


CONCLUSIONS
This case proves the necessity to investigate the possibility of neurosyphilis in subjects with dementia syndrome which does not correspond to classic etiologies.
Mahmoudi
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Centre de gériatrie et médecine interne, hôpitaux de Brabois, CHU de Nancy, rue du Morvan, 54511 Vandoeuvre-Lès-Nancy cedex, France. r.mahmoudi@chu-nancy.fr
Maheut-Bosser
A
A
Hanesse
B
B
Paille
F
F
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D010400:Penicillin G / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010400:Penicillin G