Vitreíte e distúrbio motor associados à neurosífilis e infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV): Relato de caso

Luciano Sousa Pereira; Amy P. Wu; Ganesha Kandavel; Farnaz Memarzadeh; Timothy James McCulley

doi:10.1590/S0004-27492008000500020

Vitreíte e distúrbio motor associados à neurosífilis e infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV): Relato de caso

Translated title of the contribution: Vitreitis and movement disorder associated with neurosyphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: Case report

Luciano Sousa Pereira, Amy P. Wu, Ganesha Kandavel, Farnaz Memarzadeh, Timothy James McCulley

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In this report, we describe an unusual patient with a choreiform movement disorder, misdiagnosed as Huntington disease, who later developed dense vitreitis leading to the identification of Treponema pallidum as the underlying pathogen of both abnormalities.

Translated title of the contribution	Vitreitis and movement disorder associated with neurosyphilis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: Case report
Original language	Portuguese
Pages (from-to)	717-718
Number of pages	2
Journal	Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
Volume	71
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492008000500020
State	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

HIV infections/ complications
Neurosyphilis
Oftalmopatias/etiologia
Treponema pallidum
Vitreous body/pathology

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Ophthalmology

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