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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spelling doaj-d47a8d9b26664df7a47bc44fe15c68d32020-11-25T02:44:18ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-09-01109ND01ND0210.7860/JCDR/2016/19359.8406Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy ResponseMónica Miranda Loureiro0Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda1Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal. Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Oporto University, Portugal.Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal.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).https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8406/19359_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(AH)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdffluorescein angiographyneurosyphilisocular syphilisoptical coherence tomography
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author Mónica Miranda Loureiro
Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda
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Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda
Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
fluorescein angiography
neurosyphilis
ocular syphilis
optical coherence tomography
author_facet Mónica Miranda Loureiro
Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda
author_sort Mónica Miranda Loureiro
title Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
title_short Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
title_full Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
title_fullStr Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
title_sort bilateral chorioretinitis as syphilis presentation: multimodal characterization and therapy response
publisher JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
series Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
issn 2249-782X
0973-709X
publishDate 2016-09-01
description 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).
topic fluorescein angiography
neurosyphilis
ocular syphilis
optical coherence tomography
url https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8406/19359_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(AH)_PFA(NC_AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf
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