GOOD VISUAL OUTCOME IN A BILATERAL MULTIFOCAL SYPHILITIC CHORIORETINITIS, DESPITE LATE DIAGNOSIS

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2019;13(1):84-87. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000541.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of a good visual outcome in a patient with bilateral multifocal syphilitic chorioretinitis, despite the late diagnosis.

Methods: Ophthalmologic examination, multimodal imaging, including fundus photography, angiography, and optical coherence tomography.

Results: The authors describe a 47-year-old heterosexual man with a bilateral multifocal syphilitic chorioretinitis that was lately diagnosed and despite that had a good visual outcome.

Conclusion: The diagnosis of ocular syphilis is a challenge; however, once it has been made, even lately, it is eminently treatable.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Chorioretinitis / diagnosis*
  • Chorioretinitis / drug therapy
  • Chorioretinitis / etiology
  • Delayed Diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Syphilis / complications*
  • Syphilis / diagnosis
  • Syphilis / drug therapy
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Acuity*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents