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  • Title: Syphilitic myelitis with diffuse spinal cord abnormality on MR imaging.
    Author: Tsui EY, Ng SH, Chow L, Lai KF, Fong D, Chan JH.
    Journal: Eur Radiol; 2002 Dec; 12(12):2973-6. PubMed ID: 12439578.
    Abstract:
    Syphilitic myelitis is a very rare manifestation of neurosyphilis. The MRI appearance of syphilitic myelitis is not well documented and only a few cases have been reported. We present a 52-year-old woman with acute onset of paraplegia. Magnetic resonance imaging of the spine showed diffuse high signal intensity in the whole spinal cord on T2-weighted images. Focal enhancement was observed in the dorsal aspect of the thoracic cord on T1-weighted gadolinium-enhanced images. To our knowledge, diffuse spinal cord abnormality in syphilitic myelitis has not been reported in the international literature. Disappearance of the diffuse high-signal lesions with residual focal enhancement was noted after antibiotic therapy. The patient suffered significant neurological deficit despite improvement in the MR images. In this article we present the imaging findings and review the literature of this rare condition.
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