Intracranial syphilitic gumma resembling malignant brain tumour

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience : Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
B S DarwishR Abraszko

Abstract

We report a patient with a temporal lobe syphilitic gumma mimicking a malignant brain tumour in a 43-year-old immunocompetent man. The diagnosis was confirmed histologically and using polymerase chain reaction. Syphilitic gummatous involvement of the central nervous system is rare, with only a few cases having been reported. The unique feature of this case was the extensive oedema surrounding the lesion, suggestive of an active process.

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