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Occipital lobe gumma: a case report and review of the literature

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Syphilis has plagued humanity for thousands of years. Despite the measures of precaution against its transmission and the advancement of modern pharmacology, late-stage phenomena like intracerebral gumma are not uncommon even today. We present a complex case, which has misled the physicians twice. Additionally, we performed a review of the contemporary literature about the common location, clinical findings and up-to-date treatment of intracerebral gummas.

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  1. Neurosurgical Clinic, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Patras, 26504, Greece

    Konstantinos Faropoulos & George Gatzounis

  2. Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece

    Vassiliki Zolota

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Faropoulos, K., Zolota, V. & Gatzounis, G. Occipital lobe gumma: a case report and review of the literature. Acta Neurochir 159, 199–203 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-016-3015-x

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