Case Report
Spinal Syphilitic Gumma: A Rare Presentation of an Old Disease
Table 3
Summary of all previously recorded cases of spinal gumma neurosyphilis in the literature [
3,
11–
13].
| | Age (gender) | Presentation | Radiological features |
| | 65 (F) | Tetraplegia | T1WI isotense, T2WI hyperintense, Gd-peripheral enhancement | | 40 (M) | Paraplegia | T1WI isotense, Gd-ring enhancement | | 49 (F) | Paraplegia | T1WI isotense, T2WI hyperintense, Gd-homogenous enhancement | | 47 (F) | Paraplegia | T1WI and T2WI isotense, Gd-peripheral enhancement | | 25 (F) | Brown-Sequard syndrome | T1WI hypointense, T2WI hyperintense (isotense centre) | | 48 (F) | Paraplegia | — | | 51 (M) | Pain, right leg weakness | Gd-peripheral enhancement | | 51 (M) | Paraplegia | T1WI hypointense, T2WI hyperintense, Gd-ring enhancement | | 45 (F) | Brown-Sequard syndrome | T1WI slight hyperintensity, T2WI hyperintense, significant | | 22 (M) | Right leg weakness | Gd-homogenous and ring enhancement | | 58 (M) | Tetraplegia | T1WI hypointense, T2WI hypointense, Gd-enhancement | | 46 (M) | Bilateral lower limb sensory loss | Extensive oedema, T2WI hyperintense periphery, hypointense |
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