PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Shammari, Noufa F.
AU  - El-Beltagi, Ahmed H.
AU  - Al-Far, Sayed A.
AU  - Abdel-Raouf, Yasser M.
TI  - Syphilitic arteritis involving the origin of the cervical internal carotid artery
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 122--125
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/2/122.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/15/2/122.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2010 Apr 01; 15
AB  - We report a case of meningovascular syphilis in a young adult woman presenting with left hemiparesis due to near occlusion of proximal cervical internal carotid with subacute middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Diagnosis was made on the basis of positive serum, and spinal fluid serology for syphilis, carotid Doppler, and magnetic resonance angiography, as well as improvement after intravenous penicillin therapy. In this case report, the imaging findings were described and related literature was reviewed.