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Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-05

Neurosyphilis as a Cause of Transverse Myelitis in a Teenage Girl.

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Karen Kim Jo Yaphockun
Shannon Wai

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Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection that was nearly eradicated in 2001 but is now making a resurgence. It has a wide range of clinical manifestations depending on disease stage. Neurosyphilis is an infrequently seen infectious disease with central nervous system involvement that can occur in either early- or late-stage syphilis. The diagnosis of neurosyphilis is challenging, primarily because Treponema pallidum, the infecting organism, cannot be cultured in vitro. This article describes a patient with neurosyphilis and reviews the epidemiology and clinical manifestations, diagnostics, and treatment of neurosyphilis.

In compliance with the request of the Privacy Board of our institution, the numerical age of this patient has been omitted. A sexually active teenage girl who was treated for primary syphilis 2 years earlier presented to a tertiary children's hospital with paresthesia and weakness of her right leg, left arm, and neck. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed cervical intramedullary cord edema consistent with transverse myelitis. Serum studies showed positive syphilis enzyme immunoassay, T. pallidum particle agglutination assay, and fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption. A serum rapid plasma reagin test was negative. A lumbar puncture was performed with normal cell count and protein. A cerebrospinal fluid Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test was negative. She was diagnosed with neurosyphilis and treated with intravenous steroids and penicillin G, with near complete resolution of symptoms. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: The Centers for Disease Control and prevention has noted a steady rise of the incidence of syphilis since 2002. Emergency physicians should be familiar with the spectrum of the clinical manifestations of syphilis, challenges in diagnostics, and appropriate treatment course.

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