Parenchymatous NEUROSYPHILIS marked by slowly progressive degeneration of the posterior columns, posterior roots, and ganglia of the spinal cord. The condition tends to present 15 to 20 years after the initial infection and is characterized by lightening-like pains in the lower extremities, URINARY INCONTINENCE; ATAXIA; severely impaired position and vibratory sense, abnormal gait (see GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC), OPTIC ATROPHY; Argyll-Robertson pupils, hypotonia, hyperreflexia, and trophic joint degeneration (Charcot's Joint; see ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p726)

Descriptor ID	D013606
MeSH Number(s)	C01.252.400.840.744.456.778 C01.252.847.840.744.456.778 C10.228.228.180.600.800 C10.228.854.889
Concept/Terms	Tabes Dorsalis Tabes Dorsalis Tabetic Neurosyphilis Neurosyphilis, Tabetic Tabes Spinalis Spinalis, Tabes Spinal Meningovascular Syphilis Spinal Meningovascular Syphilis Meningovascular Syphilis, Spinal Syphilis, Spinal Meningovascular Locomotor Ataxia Locomotor Ataxia Ataxia, Locomotor Ataxias, Locomotor Locomotor Ataxias Syphilitic Meningomyelitis Meningomyelitides, Syphilitic Meningomyelitis, Syphilitic Syphilitic Meningomyelitides Myelosyphilis Spinal Cord Syphilis Syphilis, Spinal Cord

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