Objective: To analyze clinical features of the nervous system damage in syphilis taking into account the changes in the content of cerebrospinal fluid and clinical/anatomical brain damages of the brain.
Methods: The study was based on the analysis of 47 case histories of patients hospitalized in 1995-2001. The group included 47 patients, aged from 17 to 60 years.
Results: Syphilitic meningitis, syphilitic meningoneuritis, syphilitic menongoencephalitis, syphilitic meningovasculitis, cerebral gummas, syphilitic meningomyelitis and mental changes caused by syphilis are reviewed.
Conclusions: The pathogenesis of different clinical forms of syphilitic damages of the brain and terminological issues are discussed.