Occipital lobe gumma: a case report and review of the literature.
Syphilis has plagued humanity for thousands of years. Despite the measures of precaution against its transmission and the advancement of modern pharmacology, late-stage phenomena like intracerebral gumma are not uncommon even today. We present a complex case, which has misled the physicians twice. Additionally, we performed a review of the contemporary literature about the common location, clinical findings and up-to-date treatment of intracerebral gummas.
['Faropoulos|Konstantinos|K|0000-0002-7609-4766', 'Zolota|Vassiliki|V|', 'Gatzounis|George|G|']
D003951:Diagnostic Errors D006099:Granuloma D006801:Humans D008297:Male D008875:Middle Aged D009494:Neurosyphilis D009778:Occipital Lobe D013587:Syphilis
Occipital lobe Gumma Syphilis Pharmaceutical–surgical treatment