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Syphilis manifesting with unilateral hearing loss and tinnitus
Dan Vodo, Liron Spitzer, Tomer Goldsmith, Eli Sprecher, Shamir GellerIndian Journal of Dermatology 2021 66(5):575-575
Source: Indian Journal of Dermatology - December 9, 2021 Category: Dermatology Authors: Dan Vodo Liron Spitzer Tomer Goldsmith Eli Sprecher Shamir Geller Source Type: research

Multi-syphilitic gummas in pituitary and cerebellopontine angle in a patient
ConclusionsSyphilitic gummas in pituitary and CPA are similar to benign or malignant brain tumors, easily leading to misdiagnosis. Gumma should be considered in differential diagnosis when a patient has unexplained nervous system symptoms or signs and imaging findings suggest intracranial mass in syphilis seropositive patients.
Source: Pituitary - March 9, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research

Neurosyphilis and classical music: the great composers and “The Great Imitator”
Conclusion: Neurosyphilis victimized several notorious composers. It can be argued that neurosyphilis was a major source of inspiration as well, being responsible for the genesis of musical masterpieces.RESUMO Atrav és da história, a neurossífilis vitimou milhares de pessoas, incluindo compositores clássicos, com uma grande gama de manifestações. Métodos: Seis artigos com descrições de compositores com possível neurossífilis foram revisados. Resultados: Neurossífilis é um diagnóstico possível p ara compositores como Beethoven, cuja perda auditiva progressiva influenciou sua carreira, culminando com surdez co...
Source: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria - December 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

What 1989 And The Golden Girls Tell Us About Medicine Today
Today, 1989 may be most associated with Taylor Swift: It is the album that won her a second Grammy for Album of the Year. Not only that, it happens to be the year Swift was born--such a long, long time ago! People under 35 have no personal memory of 1980s pop culture, which is ironic since Swift's album in part pays homage to it. In the real 1989 (no offense to Swift and the 10 co-producers who made the album), all sorts of revolutions took place: Mr. Gorbachev tore down that pesky wall, for example. America's greatest antagonist, the Soviet Union, collapsed in 1989. Brazil conducted its first democratic presidential ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Tabes dorsalis in the post antibiotic era: never say never
We present the case of an HIV positive 47 year old male with a CD4 count of 400 and an undetectable viral load on HAART. He presented with an 8 month history of progressively severe lightening pains, gait disturbance, tinnitus, hearing loss, and urinary incontinence. He had a positive plasma VDRL with a titre of 1:32, and his CSF was VDRL positive. Whole spine MRI scan demonstrated high signal in the dorsal cord with associated atrophy. He was treated with intravenous benzylpenicillin 2.4 grams 4 hourly for 14 days. Follow up at 4 and 8 months demonstrated marked clinical improvement with a falling serum VRDL titre. R...
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - October 14, 2015 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Osman, C., Clark, T., Ghosh, B., Halfpenny, C. Tags: Immunology (including allergy), HIV/AIDS, Dementia, Infection (neurology), Pain (neurology), Spinal cord, Incontinence, Memory disorders (psychiatry), Ear, nose and throat/otolaryngology Thur 21, Parallel session 5: Therapeutics Source Type: research

Was Beethoven’s deafness caused by lead toxicity?
3 out of 5 stars Lead and the Deafness of Ludwig Van Beethoven. Stevens MH et al. Laryngoscope 2013 Nov;123:2854-2858. Abstract Beethoven was 27 when he first experienced tinnitus and high-frequency hearing impairment. These symptoms progressed slowly until the famous incident in 1824 when the composer, attending the first performance of his Ninth Symphony, he was not able to hear the thunderous applause that followed. The authors of this interesting article consider some previously theories proposed to explain Beethoven’s deafness, and find reasons to rule them out: Autoimmune hearing loss – While this progr...
Source: The Poison Review - March 17, 2014 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical beethoven deafness hearing loss lead ototoxicity plumbism Source Type: news

An 82 Year Old Male with Tinnitus: A Case of Early Neurosyphilis
Infection with the spirochete Treponema pallidum is the cause of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease. Disease staging includes primary, secondary, tertiary, and latent stages. Diagnosis is made primarily through antibody testing, as T. pallidum cannot be grown in culture. Neurosyphilis occurs when T. pallidum invades the central nervous system via cerebrospinal fluid, and can be defined as early or late stage. Early neurosyphilis invades CSF, meninges, and blood vessels. The brain and spinal cord are attacked in late neurosyphilis. According to the literature, hearing loss and tinnitus are common presenting symptoms o...
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - February 25, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Elizabeth Muller Hames, Elizabeth Muller Hames, Angelina Somoracki, Kenya M. Rivas Velasquez Tags: Poster Abstracts Source Type: research