(“general paresis”)
TABETIC NEUROSYPHILIS
(“tabes dorsalis”)
GUMMATOUS NEUROSYPHILIS
(“gumma of membranes, of brain”)
JUVENILE NEUROSYPHILIS
(paretic, tabetic, diffuse)
Chart 5
| POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT | ||
| BRAIN AND CORD SYPHILIS | ||
| [M]embranes, [V]essels, [P]arenchyma | ||
| [MVP] | EARLY, LATENT?, SYMBIOSIS?, ATTENUATION?.... | |
| MVP | CEREBRAL, CEREBROSPINAL SYPHILIS, PARESIS | MVP |
| [M]VP | PARESIS; SYPHILITIC ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | VP |
| M[V]P | ?SYPHILOTOXIN FROM MENINGITIS | MP |
| MV[P] | SYPHILITIC MENINGITIS; CEREBRAL OR CEREBROSPINAL SYPHILIS | MV |
| [MV]P | SYPHILOTOXIC ATROPHY OR SCLEROSIS | P |
| M[VP] | SYPHILITIC MENINGITIS | M |
| [M]V[P] | SYPHILITIC ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | V |
| M, V or P in brackets [] means not involved. | ||
| Chart 6 | ||
NEUROSYPHILIS