Bilateral Chorioretinitis as Syphilis Presentation: Multimodal Characterization and Therapy Response
Published: September 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/19359.8406
Mónica Miranda Loureiro, Paula Alexandra Sepúlveda
1. Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal.
Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, Oporto University, Portugal.
2. Medical Doctor, Department of Ophthalmology, Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho, Portugal.
Correspondence
Dr. Mónica Miranda Loureiro,
R. Dr. Miguel Assunção Lopes, nº 15, 3ºB. 4400-698 Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Potugal.
E-mail: monicamloureiro@gmail.com
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).
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