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Intermediate Uveitis as the Initial and Only Presentation of Syphilis

We report a patient with unilateral syphilitic intermediate uveitis without dermatological, neurological, or any systemic involvement. He presented to our clinic with complaints of eye floaters and worsening visual acuity in the left eye. He had intermediate uveitis and cystoid macular edema in that...

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Autores principales: Yıldız Balcı, Sevcan, Turan Vural, Ece, Özçalışkan, Şehnaz
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31650814
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.72558
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author Yıldız Balcı, Sevcan
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description We report a patient with unilateral syphilitic intermediate uveitis without dermatological, neurological, or any systemic involvement. He presented to our clinic with complaints of eye floaters and worsening visual acuity in the left eye. He had intermediate uveitis and cystoid macular edema in that eye and both venereal disease research laboratory and microhemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum serological tests were confirmatory for syphilis. Ocular manifestations of syphilis have variable presentations, and it should be considered when diagnosing unexplained ocular inflammatory diseases, even if the patient’s recent history and systemic evaluation are not compatible.
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spelling pubmed-68235902019-11-07 Intermediate Uveitis as the Initial and Only Presentation of Syphilis Yıldız Balcı, Sevcan Turan Vural, Ece Özçalışkan, Şehnaz Turk J Ophthalmol Case Report We report a patient with unilateral syphilitic intermediate uveitis without dermatological, neurological, or any systemic involvement. He presented to our clinic with complaints of eye floaters and worsening visual acuity in the left eye. He had intermediate uveitis and cystoid macular edema in that eye and both venereal disease research laboratory and microhemagglutination assay for Treponema pallidum serological tests were confirmatory for syphilis. Ocular manifestations of syphilis have variable presentations, and it should be considered when diagnosing unexplained ocular inflammatory diseases, even if the patient’s recent history and systemic evaluation are not compatible. Galenos Publishing 2019-10 2019-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6823590/ /pubmed/31650814 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2019.72558 Text en © Copyright 2019 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association | Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6823590/
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