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Neurosyphilis masquerading as corticobasal degeneration

✍ Scribed by J. Benito-León; J. Alvarez-Linera; E.D. Louis

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
114 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-3185

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Abstract

We report on a patient with a syndrome resembling corticobasal ganglionic degeneration (CBD), including slight cognitive impairment, asymmetric akinesia, rigidity with myoclonus, and arm levitation, which can be one of the features of alien limb phenomenon; however, further diagnostic testing was consistent with neurosyphilis. Syphilis, “the great imitator,” may also masquerade as CBD. Because neurosyphilis is treatable, it should be considered in the workup of patients with cognitive impairment and motor signs of CBD. © 2004 Movement Disorder Society

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