[Syphilitic bilateral panuveitis: a case report].

Abstract

CASE REPORT:

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.

DISCUSSION:

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: R Piñón-Mosquera, J Jiménez-Benito, J Olea-Cascón
• Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol) Vol. 84 Issue 2 Pg. 101-4 (Feb 2009) ISSN: 1989-7286 [Electronic] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Panuveítis bilateral sifilítica: a propósito de un caso.
• PMID: 19253180 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Penicillin G Benzathine

Topics

• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Neurosyphilis (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Panuveitis (drug therapy, etiology)
• Penicillin G Benzathine (therapeutic use)
• Time Factors
• Vision Disorders (etiology)