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Neurosyphilis in Psychiatric Settings: Three Case Reports

Psikiyatri Kliniğinde Nörosifiliz: Üç Olgu Bildirimi

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In this article, three neurosyphilis cases with different psychiatric presentations are reported and literature relevant to syphilis are reviewed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Syphilis is a generally sexually transmitted and multisystem disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
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Key Findings & Data:All of the organs of the body may be involved during the course of the disease.
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Abstract

Syphilis is a generally sexually transmitted and multisystem disease caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. All of the organs of the body may be involved during the course of the disease. Neurosyphilis is a clinical form of syphilis with the central nervous system (CNS) involvement. While primarily meningeal and vascular structures are involved in early neurosyphilis, a parenchymal affection of the brain and spinal cord emerges at later stages of neurosyphilis. It presents with symptoms of meningitis, meningovasculitis and parenchymal neurosyphilis (presenting as tabes dorsalis and general paresis). Clinically, it can mimic a variety of psychiatric disorders such as depression, psychosis, mania, delirium, personality changes and dementia. During its progression making presentations similar to many systemic or neuropsychiatric diseases, syphilis is defined as "great imitator". Nowadays, neurosyphilis is a rare disease as a result of the widespread use of antibiotics that must be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of neurological and psychiatric disorders. In this article, three neurosyphilis cases with different psychiatric presentations are reported and literature relevant to syphilis are reviewed.

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Sifiliz, etkeni Treponema pallidum isimli bir spiroket olan ve genellikle cinsel yolla bulaşan multisistemik bir hastalıktır. Hastalığın seyri boyunca, vücuttaki tüm organlar tutulabilir. Nörosifiliz, hastalığın merkezi sinir sistemi (MSS) tutulumu ile giden klinik bir formudur. Erken nörosifilizde başlıca meningeal ve vasküler yapılar tutulurken, beyin ve omurilik parankim tutulumu nörosifilizin geç dönemlerinde ortaya çıkar. Sifilitik menenjit, meningovaskülit ve parankimal nörosifiliz (genel parezi ve tabes dorsalis) gibi tablolarla karşımıza çıkabilir. Nörosifiliz klinik görünüm olarak; depresyon, psikoz, mani, deliryum, kişilik değişiklikleri ve demans gibi farklı psikiyatrik bozuklukları taklit edebilir. Hastalık seyri esnasında birçok sistemik ve nöropsikiyatrik hastalıklar ile benzer özellikler göstermesi, sifilizin "büyük taklitçi" olarak tanımlanmasına neden olmuştur. Nörosifiliz günümüzde antibiyotiklerin yaygın kullanımı nedeni ile nadir olarak görülse de, nörolojik ve psikiyatrik bozuklukların ayırıcı tanısında akılda tutulması gereken bir hastalıktır. Bu makalede farklı psikiyatrik belirtilerle başvuran üç nörosifiliz olgusunun sunumu yapılmış ve sifiliz ile ilgili literatür gözden geçirilmiştir.

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AKINCI, E., ÖNCÜ, F., TOPÇULAR, B. (2017). Neurosyphilis in Psychiatric Settings: Three Case Reports. Türk Psikiyatri Dergisi, Cilt: 28 - Sayı: 1, 61–66. https://ajindex.com/articles/91630

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