Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response

Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response

Ocular involvement of syphilis may occur in any stage of infection. We report a case of bilateral syphilitic chorioretinitis, in an immunocompetent patient, as the presenting feature of a tertiary syphilis we performed a multimodal characterization through Fundus Autofluorescence (FAF), Fluorescei...

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Main Authors: Mónica Miranda Loureiro, Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited 2016-09-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Subjects:
fluorescein angiography
neurosyphilis
ocular syphilis
optical coherence tomography
Online Access:https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8406/19359_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(AH)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf
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Summary:Ocular involvement of syphilis may occur in any stage of infection. We report a case of bilateral syphilitic chorioretinitis, in an immunocompetent patient, as the presenting feature of a tertiary syphilis we performed a multimodal characterization through Fundus Autofluorescence (FAF), Fluorescein Angiography (FA) and Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SD-OCT).
ISSN:2249-782X
0973-709X

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