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Definition of Tabes dorsalis

Tabes dorsalis
Tabes Ta"bes, n. [L., a wasting disease.] (Med.) Progressive emaciation of the body, accompained with hectic fever, with no well-marked logical symptoms. Tabes dorsalis[NL., tabes of the back], locomotor ataxia; -- sometimes called simply tabes. Tabes mesenterica[NL., mesenteric tabes], a wasting disease of childhood characterized by chronic inflammation of the lymphatic glands of the mesentery, attended with caseous degeneration.

Meaning of Tabes dorsalis from wikipedia

- Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily...
- Abadie's sign of tabes dorsalis is a medical sign of tabes dorsalis, a late consequence of neurosyphilis. It is elicited by compressing the Achilles tendon...
- asthma, trigeminal neuralgia, breath-holding spells, epilepsy, malaria, tabes dorsalis, and Behçet's disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). It...
- a gauzy network like cobwebs. This medical sign is ****ociated with tabes dorsalis affecting the trigeminal nerve (fifth cranial nerve CN V). It is named...
- condition acquired from her husband who has syphilis, or more specifically, tabes dorsalis. Marion's parti****tion in the setting of an atriocaval shunt (a "Shrock")...
- supplying the CNS. The parenchymal syphilis, presents as tabes dorsalis and general paresis. Tabes dorsalis thought to be due to irreversible degeneration of...
- his later onset of syphilitic paresis. Karolina Olsson Neurosyphilis Tabes dorsalis Tuskegee experiment Bangen, Hans: Geschichte der medikamentösen Therapie...
- vitamin B12 deficiency Central pontine myelinolysis Myelopathies such as tabes dorsalis (syphilitic myelopathy) Leukoencephalopathies such as progressive multifocal...
- paresis and tabes dorsalis. General paresis presents with dementia, personality changes, delusions, seizures, psychosis and depression. Tabes dorsalis is characterized...
- locate a hot object placed against their feet. It is often a symptom of tabes dorsalis, which is a key finding in tertiary syphilis. It is caused by degeneration...