title: [Syphilitic bilateral panuveitis: a case report].
abstract: METHODS
  A 57-year-old immunocompetent woman was diagnosed with syphilitic bilateral panuveitis after the onset of dramatic bilateral visual loss with inflammation of the anterior segment of the eye, severe vitritis and chorioretinitis which improved after treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Syphilis is a complex disease of increasing prevalence. If diagnosis is delayed ocular syphilis can produce severe visual loss due to neuritis, chorioretinitis with panuveitis, affecting both eyes in 50% of cases. Nevertheless, syphilis is considered one of the few causes of uveitis in which a cure can be obtained with proper treatment.
authors.affiliation: Complejo Asistencial de Burgos, Servicio de Oftalmología, Burgos, España. pozopinon@telefonica.net
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piñón-Mosquera
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Benito
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olea-Cascón
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010401:Penicillin G Benzathine