Syphilitic retinitis and panuveitis simulating acute retinal necrosis: case report

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Felipi Zambon²  Frederico Lírio Nascimento Silva¹  Adhele Furlani De Sá Cavalcante¹  Yoshitaka Nakashima¹  John Helal Jr¹ 

[1] ,Hospital of Clinics Ophthalmology Department São Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: Eye infections;    Syphilis;    Neurosyphilis;    Uveitis;    Retinitis;    Sexually transmitted diseases;    Human;    Male;    Adult;    Case reports;    Infecções oculares;    Sífilis;    Neurossífilis;    Uveíte;    Retinite;    Doenças sexualmente transmissíveis;    Humano;    Masculino;    Adulto;    Relatos de casos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-27492010000300016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Retinitis and panuveitis in immunocompetent patients is a rare and sight-threatening disease, of difficult diagnosis. A case of a 31-year-old male who presented with unilateral placoid retinitis and panuveitis, unsuccessfully treated as acute retinal necrosis, that in fact was syphilis, with neurosyphilis and excellent response to treatment is reported.

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