RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neurosyphilis as a Cause of Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerve Dysfunction: MR Imaging Features
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1673
OP 1675
VO 21
IS 9
A1 Smith, Michelle M.
A1 Anderson, James C.
YR 2000
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/21/9/1673.abstract
AB Summary: The prevalence of syphilis increased for several decades before the mid-1990s in the United States, particularly in the southern states. We report a case of neurosyphilis causing bilateral facial and vestibulocochlear nerve dysfunction in which the diagnosis was not initially suspected based on the patient's demographics and history. The MR imaging features helped to make the diagnosis in this case and to exclude other possible causes of multiple cranial nerve dysfunction in this patient. Hearing loss associated with neurosyphilis is one of the few treatable forms of progressive hearing loss, and it is essential that a diagnosis of neurosyphilis be made expeditiously.