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Volume 24, Number 2—February 2018

Research Letter

Cerebral Syphilitic Gumma in Immunocompetent Man, Japan

Tatsuya KodamaComments to Author , Hidenori Sato, Morichika Osa, Yuji Fujikura, and Akihiko Kawana
Author affiliations: National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan (T. Kodama, M. Osa, Y. Fujikura, A. Kawana); IMSUT Hospital, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (H. Sato)

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Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 36-year-old immunocompetent man before (A, B, C) and after (D) treatment for cerebral syphilitic gumma, Saitama, Japan. A) Gadolinium-enhancement T1-weighted coronal images show an enhanced nodular lesion in the left temporal lobe. B) Coronal gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted images show enhancement within the cisternal segment of both the vestibulocochlear nerve complex and the facial nerve. C) Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images show a

Figure. Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in a 36-year-old immunocompetent man before (A, B, C) and after (D) treatment for cerebral syphilitic gumma, Saitama, Japan. A) Gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted coronal image shows an enhanced nodular lesion in the left temporal lobe. B) Axial gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted image shows enhancement within the cisternal segment of both the vestibulocochlear nerve complex and the facial nerve. C) Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images show a hyperintense lesion-like mass in the left temporal lobe. D) Axial fluid-attenuated inversion recovery image shows complete resolution after discontinuation of treatment.

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