Syphilitic retinitis and panuveitis simulating acute retinal necrosis: case report.
Retinitis and panuveitis in immunocompetent patients is a rare and sight-threatening disease, of difficult diagnosis. A case of a 31-year-old male who presented with unilateral placoid retinitis and panuveitis, unsuccessfully treated as acute retinal necrosis, that in fact was syphilis, with neurosyphilis and excellent response to treatment is reported.
Zambon
Felipi
F
Ophthalmology Department, Hospital of Clinics, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. felipizambon@hotmail.com
Silva
Frederico Lírio Nascimento
FL
Cavalcante
Adhele Furlani de Sá
AF
Nakashima
Yoshitaka
Y
Helal
John
J
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015864:Panuveitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015882:Retinal Necrosis Syndrome, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012173:Retinitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D010406:Penicillins