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Alfred Weiner, M.D.; Raymond Suskind, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1953;68(6):731-743.

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Tabetic Crisis, Treated with Intravenous Corticotropin (ACTH). Presented by DR. A. L. WEINER.

The patient first came under observation in December, 1947, at which time there was an episode of severe and persistent abdominal distress with marked nausea and vomiting. At that time the serologic test for syphilis was positive, and the spinal fluid showed positive serologic reaction and contained increased amounts of protein and increased numbers of cells. The physical and neurological findings were indicative of tabes, and the diagnosis of tabetic crisis was made when other possible causes for the abdominal symptoms were excluded (including x-rays). This attack failed to respond to anodynes and other forms of therapy and to antisyphilitic treatment but disappeared spontaneously after a period of some two weeks. Following dismissal from the hospital, treatment consisting of 10,000,000 units of penicillin, followed by one year of chemotherapy, was given, and the patient was lost . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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