The evolution of untreated acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis captured by multimodal retinal imaging.

Abstract

Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis (ASPPC) is a rare manifestation of syphilis. Most cases respond to systemic treatment of the underlying Treponema pallidum infection. The authors illustrate the natural progression of untreated ASPPC with multimodal retinal imaging.

• Authors: Blair K Armstrong, John Pitcher, Rajiv Shah, Christopher Brady, David Perlmutter, Sunir J Garg
• Journal: Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retina (Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina) 2014 Nov-Dec Vol. 45 Issue 6 Pg. 606-9 ISSN: 2325-8179 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 25347827 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright 2014, SLACK Incorporated.

Chemical References

• Anti-Bacterial Agents
• Glucocorticoids
• Penicillin G

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Anti-Bacterial Agents (therapeutic use)
• Chorioretinitis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Drug Therapy, Combination
• Eye Infections, Bacterial (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test
• Glucocorticoids (therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Multimodal Imaging
• Penicillin G (therapeutic use)
• Syphilis (diagnosis, drug therapy, microbiology)
• Tomography, Optical Coherence
• Treponema pallidum
• Visual Acuity