Syphilis has long been considered the "great masquerader," notorious for its varying presentations and ability to affect most organ systems in the body. We report the case of a 41-year-old immunocompetent man who presented to ophthalmology with rapidly progressive visual complaints from bilateral panuveitis and concomitant verrucous facial lesions initially disregarded by the patient as acne. Serum testing for syphilis was positive, and he was admitted for 14 days of intravenous (IV) penicillin with multiservice care from dermatology, ophthalmology, and infectious disease. We present photographic documentation showing his stepwise resolution of his facial and retinal involvement with penicillin treatment course. This case is unusual in the concomitant presentation of ocular and facial syphilitic findings in an immunocompetent patient and highlights the need to include syphilis in the differential for unusual appearances.

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