title: GOOD VISUAL OUTCOME IN A BILATERAL MULTIFOCAL SYPHILITIC CHORIORETINITIS, DESPITE LATE DIAGNOSIS.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of a good visual outcome in a patient with bilateral multifocal syphilitic chorioretinitis, despite the late diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ophthalmologic examination, multimodal imaging, including fundus photography, angiography, and optical coherence tomography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The authors describe a 47-year-old heterosexual man with a bilateral multifocal syphilitic chorioretinitis that was lately diagnosed and despite that had a good visual outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diagnosis of ocular syphilis is a challenge; however, once it has been made, even lately, it is eminently treatable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Evangelista Marrocos
authors.initials: REM
authors.lastname: de Aragao
authors.forename: Ieda Maria Alexandre
authors.initials: IMA
authors.lastname: Barreira
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muccioli
authors.forename: Gustavo Jose Arruda Mendes
authors.initials: GJAM
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Cesar Pereira
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Everton Fernandes Vieira
authors.initials: EFV
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Talles Peterson Cavalcante
authors.initials: TPC
authors.lastname: Oria
authors.forename: Nayara Queiroz Cardoso
authors.initials: NQC
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: Jhonatan de Paula Araujo
authors.initials: JPA
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D057210:Delayed Diagnosis; D015818:Eye Infections, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D013587:Syphilis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents