Screening for Syphilis in Patients with Parkinsonism Lessons from Case Report

Muhammad Atif Ameer, Nabeel Syed, John M Bertoni and Danish Bhatti
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Danish Bhatti: Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE

Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 2020, vol. 13, issue 3, 41-42

Abstract: Syphilis ‘the great imitator’ can mimic many movement disorders leading to significant and harmful delays in diagnosing and treating syphilitic infection of the brain. We describe a case of positive Syphilis in a patient with young-onset rapidly progressive parkinsonism poorly responsive to levodopa. A 33-year-old well-nourished Hispanic male moved to the US in 2007 at age 22 and was referred for evaluation of young-onset parkinsonism with inadequate response to dopaminergic medications. He reported onset of resting tremor at age 29, initially on the left and now bilateral with retained asymmetry along with bradykinesia.

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Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2020.13.555861

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