title: Syphilitic placoid chorioretinitis. A case-report.
abstract: METHODS
  We report the case of a 45-year-old woman, with unremarkable past medical history, who presented with acute visual loss in her left eye due to bilateral posterior uveitis. After the screening, she was diagnosed with acute syphilitic placoid chorioretinitis and was treated with intravenous penicillin.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical manifestations of ocular syphilis are extremely heterogeneous and may mimic several aetiologies. Anti-treponema treatment usually induces a quick and positive response in affected patients. Prompt and proper diagnosis of these patients is crucial, although anatomical and functional damage may persist.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de León, León, España. Electronic address: lauriya58@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Monje-Fernández
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Martín-García
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario de León, León, España; Instituto de Biomedicina (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, León, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordero-Coma
mesh_terms: D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010406:Penicillins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013587:Syphilis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins
keywords: Acute; Aguda; Bilateral; Coriorretinitis placoide; Panuveitis; Panuveítis; Placoid chorioretinitis; T. pallidum