Ocular Syphilis - Clinical Features and Outcome in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Patients from a Tertiary Eye Center from India - A Comparative Study.

Purpose: To study and compare the clinical characteristics and outcome of ocular syphilis between HIV positive and HIV negative patients.

Methods: Retrospective hospital-based case series from a tertiary eye care hospital in India. Patients with uveitis and positive syphilis serology were included.

Retinal Vasoproliferative Tumours in Uveitis.

Purpose: To describe a cohort of patients with retinal vasoproliferative tumours (RVPT) seen in the uveitis clinic of a single tertiary eye care institute in India.

Methods: Retrospective Chart Review.

Results: In our study of 17 patients with 18 eyes affected by RVPTs, 94.

Demystifying Ocular Syphilis - A Major Review.

Syphilis, caused by the spirochaete, Treponema pallidum, continues to be a public health challenge globally with its rates steadily increasing in the past few years. The disease is transmitted through small breaks in the skin during sexual contact, or via congenital transmission in utero, either across the placenta or by contact with an active genital lesion during delivery. Estimated 5.

Uveitis masquerade syndromes: A case series.

The aim of this series is to report challenges faced in diagnosis of three cases of recurrent or atypical uveitis not responding to conventional treatment. A high index of suspicion, aided by newer techniques, such as cytology, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry of ocular fluids, and contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, may be necessary for a prompt diagnosis of uveitis masquerade syndromes.

Pediatric Inflammatory CNV: A Case Series from a Tertiary Referral Centre.

: To report a case series of pediatric inflammatory choroidal neovascularization (CNV) seen at referral uveitis clinic.: Records of pediatric patients with uveitis and inflammatory CNV between January 2000 and December 2012 were analyzed.: Ten eyes of seven patients were included.

Autoimmune retinopathy: A case report from India.

A first case report of autoimmune retinopathy (AIR) from India. A middle-aged female patient presented with subacute loss of vision in both eyes. Clinical examination revealed a near normal fundus in both the eyes.

Pattern of Pediatric Uveitis Seen at a Tertiary Referral Center from India.

Aim: To analyze the profile, etiology, complications, medical and surgical management, and visual outcome among pediatric uveitis patients seen at a referral uveitis clinic in India.

Design: Retrospective cohort study, tertiary hospital setting.

Methods: Records between January 2007 and April 2010 were reviewed for patients with uveitis who were 0-18 years of age.

A rare presentation of pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy.

A 21-year-old female patient presented with gradual progressive loss of vision in both eyes of 12 years duration. Funduscopic examination revealed bone-spicule pigmentation and choroidal and retinal pigment epithelium atrophy along the vascular arcades, with macular involvement in both eyes. The patient was diagnosed with pigmented paravenous retinochoroidal atrophy which is rare disease, uncommon in females, more commonly affecting the paravascular fundus.