title: Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma Misdiagnosed as a Malignant Brain Tumor.
abstract: Syphilitic gumma involvement of the central nervous system is extremely rare and frequently misdiagnosed. The authors report a patient of a cerebral syphilitic gumma resembling a malignant brain tumor in a 62-year-old male. He was first suspected of a malignant brain tumor, but the pathological diagnosis was cerebral syphilitic gumma. This patient with unusual findings illustrates the clinical manifestations, imaging, and therapeutic aspects of cerebral syphilitic gumma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui Province, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Da-Yong
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Ming-Feng
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ce-Gang
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Zhen-Bao
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xiao-Chun
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Shan-Shui
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology