Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma Misdiagnosed as a Malignant Brain Tumor.

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Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma Misdiagnosed as a Malignant Brain Tumor.

J Craniofac Surg. 2017 Mar;28(2):e170-e172

Authors: Xia DY, Zhu MF, Liu CG, Dai Y, Li ZB, Jiang XC, Xu SS

Abstract
Syphilitic gumma involvement of the central nervous system is extremely rare and frequently misdiagnosed. The authors report a patient of a cerebral syphilitic gumma resembling a malignant brain tumor in a 62-year-old male. He was first suspected of a malignant brain tumor, but the pathological diagnosis was cerebral syphilitic gumma. This patient with unusual findings illustrates the clinical manifestations, imaging, and therapeutic aspects of cerebral syphilitic gumma.

PMID: 27755440 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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