A Case of Tabes Dorsalis in a Hindu

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...

Visceral analgesia; a case of masked abdominal catastrophe in tabes dorsalis.

A patient with an interesting and unusual complication of tabes dorsalis came under our observation, and because very few similar cases have found their way into the literature, and most of these are of some antiquity, it was thought worthwhile to record and discuss this patient's condition. It has often been stated that tabes dorsalis may mask serious visceral disease. Power and Murphy (1908-1...

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 Mercurial Treatment of Tabes Dorsalis

The question of the mercurial treatment of tabes has been very often debated in congresses and also learned societies in France during recent years. Diametrically opposite opinions have been expressed with equal firmness. On the side of the syphilographers, Fournier, Gaucher and Hallopeau trace a very fine dividing-line between syphilitic spinal complications which may be treated

The Calcium Content of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Particularly in Tabes Dorsalis