Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Inhaltsverzeichnis CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2025; 35(01): 196-198DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788689 Case Report Uncommon Neurosyphilis: Subacute Meningomyelitis with Distinctive “Candle Guttering Appearance” Liwen Wang * 1 Graduate School, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China , Jing Fang * 1 Graduate School, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China , Juan Wang 2 Division of Life Science and Medicine, Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China › Institutsangaben Artikel empfehlen Abstract Abstract In this article, we presented an exceedingly rare clinical case of neurosyphilis, radiological revealed a distinctive “candle guttering appearance.” Posttreatment for syphilis, both clinical symptoms and radiological markers showed complete resolution. Keywords Keywordssyphilis - neurosyphilis - meningomyelitis Volltext Referenzen References 1 Adams RD, Merritt HH. Meningeal and vascular syphilis of the spinal cord. Medicine (Baltimore) 1944; 2: 181-214 2 Berger JR, Dean D. Neurosyphilis. Handb Clin Neurol 2014; 121: 1461-1472 3 Koh PX, Neo SX, Chiew HJ, Singh DR, Saini M, Chen Z. Syphilitic spinal disease: an old nemesis revisited. a case series and review of literature. Sex Transm Dis 2021; 48 (09) e126-e131 4 Jiang MJ, Zhang HJ, Li WR. et al. Analysis of EEG Lemple-Ziv complexity and correlative aspects before and after treatment of anti-syphilis therapy for neurosyphilis. Neurol Res 2019; 41 (03) 199-203 5 Tashiro K, Moriwaka F, Sudo K, Akino M, Abe H. Syphilitic myelitis with its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) verification and successful treatment. Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol 1987; 41 (02) 269-271 6 Wu S, Ye F, Wang Y, Li D. Neurosyphilis: insights into its pathogenesis, susceptibility, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Front Neurol 2024; 14: 1340321 7 Dong H, Liu Z, Duan Y. et al. Syphilitic meningomyelitis misdiagnosed as spinal cord tumor: case and review. J Spinal Cord Med 2021; 44 (05) 789-793
