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Syphilis-Related Eye Disease Presenting as Bilateral Papilledema, Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Hemorrhage, and Anterior Uveitis in a Penicillin-Allergic Patient.
Case Rep Infect Dis
February 2018
University of Nebraska Medical Center, S. 42nd and Emile St., Omaha, NE, USA.
. is known as the "great masquerader" for its many presentations and ocular findings in patients who are infected and develop secondary and tertiary stage of syphilis. Syphilitic ocular manifestations include uveitis, chorioretinitis, retinitis, vasculitis, vitritis, and panuveitis all with or without decreased visual acuity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOcular syphilis--back again: understanding recent increases in the incidence of ocular syphilitic disease.
Ocul Immunol Inflamm
September 2009
Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Purpose: The clinical findings and outcomes of 12 cases of luetic uveitis are reported.
Methods: Review of clinical records.
Results: Patients included 10 men and 2 women; 7 were homosexual, 9 HIV-positive.
Cystoid macular oedema in Cogans syndrome-a case report.
Cases J
November 2008
St James' University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Introduction: Cogan's Syndrome is typically characterised by a non syphilitic interstitial keratitis (IK), with or without conjunctivitis, iritis or subconjunctival bleeding and progressive sensorineural hearing loss within two years of ocular signs. Atypical ocular manifestations include episcleritis, scleritis, posterior scleritis, retinal artery occlusion, choroiditis, retinal vasculitis, and optic disc oedema. We report a case of Cogan's syndrome in with recurrent cystoid macular oedema was the main feature.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Syphilis has distinctly increased in the last decades. It is necessary to know the different eye changes in syphilis.
Patients: In four patients, between 34 and 71 years of age, typical as well as unusual syphilitic eye changes were found.
Ocular manifestations of syphilis.
J Am Optom Assoc
June 1989
Optometry Service, Veterans Administration, Boston, MA 02108.
Since the mid-1970s, the number of new cases of infectious syphilis has begun to increase. Ocular manifestations of secondary and late syphilis occur. The optometric role in the management of infectious syphilis is one of detection, consultation with internists and neurologists for systemic treatment, topical treatment of anterior uveitis, and monitoring for recurrence of disease.
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