Relief of lightning pains in tabes dorsalis.

Recurrent pain of a pseudotabetic variety after laminectomy for lumbar disc lesion.

A variety of pain resembling the lightning pains of tabes dorsalis is described in patients suffering from persistent sciatica, following laminectomy for lumbar disc disease. It occurs in about 13% of those complaining of post-laminectomy pain and in 5% of all those having a laminectomy for disc disease. It is associated with damage to the nerve root and may be precipitated by nerve root resect...

Tabes Dorsalis and Argyll Robertson Pupils.

A 47-year-old man with a history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presented with an 8-month history of severe paroxysmal shooting pains in his legs, progressive difficulty in walking, tinnitus, and urinary incontinence. He had a fully suppressed HIV viral load and a CD4+ count of 400 cells per cubic millimeter while receiving antiretroviral therapy. The physical examination showe...

Tabes dorsalis: electrodiagnostic features.

Electrodiagnostic data have not been previously reported in tabes dorsalis. A patient with tabes dorsalis is described whose nerve conduction studies and median nerve somatosensory evoked responses (SEPs) were normal. H-reflexes were absent. SEPs of the tibial nerve suggested posterior column dysfunction. These electrodiagnostic findings correlate precisely with the known pathology of tabes dor...

Tabes dorsalis progressing to general paresis after 20 years despite routine penicillin therapy.

A man with a history of treatment for early syphilis presented with tabes dorsalis. Despite receiving a course of penicillin accepted as adequate by the World Health Organisation the illness progressed to tabo-paresis after 20 years. Reinfection cannot be excluded.

The Calcium Content of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Particularly in Tabes Dorsalis