Siliconized glass versus polypropylene to reduce in vitro platelet activation |
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Authors: | P Merryman A Cullinane MK Horne |
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Affiliation: | Division de Biochimie Clinique, Centre Médical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland. |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: CSF shunting procedures are generally considered the fundamental therapy of syphilitic hydrocephalus. METHODS: We followed up with CSF analysis and MR imaging a patient with progressive mental and gait disturbances and tetraventricular hydrocephalus due to tertiary syphilis who was treated for 14 days with high dose intravenous penicillin alone. RESULTS: Clinical and CSF abnormalities resolved within a few months, whereas the hydrocephalus disappeared only 30 months after therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Before consideration of a CSF shunting procedure, a trial of high dose intravenous penicillin is warranted for patients with syphilitic hydrocephalus. |
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