ArticleIDCases2021
Neurosyphilis masquerading as oculomotor nerve palsy in a healthy middle-aged man: Case report and review of the literature.
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- Neurosyphilis presenting as ocular motor nerve palsy: two cases and a systematic literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Neurosyphilis patients presenting with ocular motor cranial nerve palsy in the modern antibiotic era: Case series from two centers and review of the literature.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2025Article
- Neurosyphilis Presenting with Isolated Abducens Nerve Palsy.Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2025Article
- Clinical and imaging findings of neurosyphilis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Extra-axial cranial nerve enhancement: a pattern-based approach.La Radiologia medica · 2024Review
- Isolated Inferior Division Oculomotor Nerve Palsy as the First Manifestation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Syphilis Co-Infection: A Rare Case Report.Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press) · 2024Article
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Abstract
Acquired isolated oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP) is a commonly encountered clinical entity in ophthalmology. While most cases are due to microvascular ischemia, the diagnosis of ONP requires careful evaluation for alternate life-threatening etiologies. We present a case of isolated complete pupil-involving ONP in a healthy 47-year-old man in whom aneurysmal compression was initially suspected. Investigations later revealed a diagnosis of neurosyphilis. Neurosyphilis is an extremely rare cause of isolated ONP and seldom reported in the literature. Timely recognition of this disease by ophthalmologists can help orient patients to the appropriate neurology and infectious disease services they need.
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