title: [Iritis and optic nerve meningitis--initial symptoms of latent syphilis].
abstract: A 19-year-old woman presented in the latent phase of secondary syphilis with chronic bilateral anterior uveitis and a slightly elevated optic disk with indistinct margins in the left eye; this was interpreted as a meningitis of the optic nerve. Serologic examination revealed the syphilitic infection, which had not previously been apparent. The symptoms resolved completely after specific therapy.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007500:Iritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013588:Syphilis Serodiagnosis; D013592:Syphilis, Latent / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Iritis und Opticus-Meningitis--Erstsymptome einer Lues latens.