Panuveítis bilateral sifilíticaa propósito de un caso

  1. R. Piñón-Mosquera
  2. J. Jiménez-Benito
  3. J. Olea-Cascón
Revista:
Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

ISSN: 0365-6691

Ano de publicación: 2009

Volume: 84

Número: 2

Páxinas: 101-104

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.4321/S0365-66912009000200008 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmologia

Resumo

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.

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