Doctors urged to look out for neurosyphilis after Australian case
Victorian neurologists are alerting others to the uncommon condition after a man presented to ED with cranial neuropathy: MJA
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Neurologists have urged doctors to be alert to the possibility of neurosyphilis in patients with cranial neuropathies, after reporting an uncommon presentation in a 65-year-old man.
The patient had presented to a Victorian ED with right facial weakness and transient dysphagia, the case doctors reported in the Medical Journal of Australia.