Diagnostic significance of otorhinolaryngological and ophthalmic pathology in patients suffering from neurosyphilis infected with human immunodeficiency virus
- Authors: Orlova I.A.1, Telichko S.I.1, Smirnova I.A.1, Dudko V.Y.2, Piryatinskaya A.B2, Telichko I.N.3
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Affiliations:
- Saint Petersburg State University
- City Skin and Venereal Diseases Dispensary
- Dermatovenerologic dispensary number 4
- Issue: Vol 22, No 2 (2020)
- Pages: 23-26
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/1682-7392/article/view/50040
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/brmma50040
- ID: 50040
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Abstract
It was found that eye damage can be considered as a marker of neurosyphilis. Similar data regarding the diagnostic value of damage to the ears, nose and throat in patients with syphilis infected with human immunodeficiency virus are single. It was revealed that neurological symptoms in patients suffering from neurosyphilis are equally common in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus and those not infected with this virus (42,2 and 44,7%, respectively). In other cases, the disease is asymptomatic. At the same time, specific damage to the eyes, ears, nose and throat is diagnosed in 57,8% of patients with neurosyphilis infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. The structure of the specific damage to the ears, nose and throat in patients suffering from neurosyphilis infected with the human immunodeficiency virus is presented in 30,7% of cases with specific angina, in 15,3% - decrease in bone conduction, in 7,6% - hearing loss and in 46, 10% - other unspecified symptoms. The structure of the damage to the organ of vision was papillitis - 38,4%, anterior uveitis and panuveitis - 23,1 and 15,3%, respectively. Neuroveitis, retinal angiopathy, and peripheral chorioretinal dystrophy were equally common in 7,6%. For patients suffering from neurosyphilis infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, a combination of damage to the eyes, ears, nose and throat is characteristic. In particular, in one patient a combination of specific tonsillitis with papillitis was noted, in the other with uveitis. Thus, specific damage to the eyes, ears, nose and throat is characteristic of patients suffering from neurosyphilis infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
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I. A. Orlova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
S. I. Telichko
Saint Petersburg State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
I. A. Smirnova
Saint Petersburg State University
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
V. Y. Dudko
City Skin and Venereal Diseases Dispensary
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
A. B Piryatinskaya
City Skin and Venereal Diseases Dispensary
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg
I. N. Telichko
Dermatovenerologic dispensary number 4
Email: sergey.telich@gmail.com
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg