title: [On a problem of syphilitic damage of the eye].
abstract: Clinical features and epidemiology of syphilitic damage of the eye in Smolensk region was studied in 1996-2008 period. 32 medical charts of patients with ophthalmosyphilis were analyzed. Ophthalmosyphilis is usually registered in patients with secondary syphilis with disease duration more than 6 months (56.3%) and in patients with late neurosyphilis (40.6%). The diagnosis was established in 24.5+4.8 (from 14 till 34) days after clinical presentation. Clinical forms of ophthalmosyphilis included bilateral uveitis (15.6%), optic neuritis (15.8%), iridocyclitis (12.5%) and choreoretinitis (12.5%). Complications of ophthalmosyphilis included optic nerve atrophy developed in 6.2%, cataract--6.2% and glaucoma--3.1%. In epidemiologically unfavorable situation caution should be taken by ophthalmologists in terms of syphilitic infection, appropriate laboratory tests should be considered.
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Torshina
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mogilevtsev
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Lugovaia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult