Open AccessA Case of Acute Bilateral Syphilitic Uveitis
Author(s) -
Dorukcan Akıncıoğlu,
Cem Özgönül,
Gökçen Gökçe,
Ali Hakan Durukan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
türk oftalmoloji dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2147-2661
pISSN - 1300-0659
DOI - 10.4274/tjo.38980
Subject(s) - uveitis , medicine , dermatology , ophthalmology
We aim to present the case of a patient with syphilitic uveitis whom dermatological and neurological examinations were normal. He\udpresented with gradually worsening visual acuity in both eyes and both venereal disease research laboratory and microhemagglutination\udassay for Treponema pallidum serological tests were confirmatory for syphilis. In posterior segment examination, an uncommon\udmanifestation of syphilitic uveitis and posterior placoid chorioretinitis was present in both eyes, however the left eye posterior segment\udinflammation was much worse in comparison to the fellow eye. Ocular manifestations of syphilis have a myriad of presentations, and the\udre-emergence in the last decades obligate us to keep in it mind in unexplained ocular inflammatory diseases even if patient history is not\udcompatible. (Turk J Ophthalmol 2015; 45: 122-124