title: Incidence and clinical presentation of neurosyphilis: a retrospective study of 81 cases.
abstract: Aim of the report was the study of the clinical features of neurosyphilis in the last 40 years (1965-2005). The investigation was based on the retrospective review of patients with neurosyphilis hospitalized in our hospital from 1965 to 2005 (period A: 1965-1984 and B: 1985-2005). Eighty one patients with neurosyphilis were studied. Typical forms represent 68.6% of cases of neurosyphilis in period A. In period B, 85.7% of the cases are presented with atypical clinical patterns. Typical forms of the disease were no longer common, while atypical and masked clinical patterns prevailed. Neuropsychiatric symptoms were the most common manifestations of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Psychatric Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Mitsonis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kararizou
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Triantafyllou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kapaki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sfagos
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vassilopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies