Diagnosis of Syphilitic Bilateral Papillitis Mimicking Papilloedema

Syphilis produces myriad nonspecific signs and symptoms. For example, optic disk swelling might be seen in patients with syphilis as a result of cranial hypertension (papilloedema), inflammatory optic neuritis with papillitis, or optic perineuritis. We report a case involving differential diagnosis...

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Autores principales: Gonzalez-Martinez, Alicia, Quintas, Sonia, Vivancos, Diego Celdrán, Cebrián, José, Vivancos, José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191122
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author Gonzalez-Martinez, Alicia
Quintas, Sonia
Vivancos, Diego Celdrán
Cebrián, José
Vivancos, José
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Cebrián, José
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description Syphilis produces myriad nonspecific signs and symptoms. For example, optic disk swelling might be seen in patients with syphilis as a result of cranial hypertension (papilloedema), inflammatory optic neuritis with papillitis, or optic perineuritis. We report a case involving differential diagnosis of syphilitic bilateral papillitis mimicking papilloedema.
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spelling pubmed-69249012020-01-01 Diagnosis of Syphilitic Bilateral Papillitis Mimicking Papilloedema Gonzalez-Martinez, Alicia Quintas, Sonia Vivancos, Diego Celdrán Cebrián, José Vivancos, José Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Syphilis produces myriad nonspecific signs and symptoms. For example, optic disk swelling might be seen in patients with syphilis as a result of cranial hypertension (papilloedema), inflammatory optic neuritis with papillitis, or optic perineuritis. We report a case involving differential diagnosis of syphilitic bilateral papillitis mimicking papilloedema. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6924901/ /pubmed/31855531 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191122 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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title_sort diagnosis of syphilitic bilateral papillitis mimicking papilloedema
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6924901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31855531
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2601.191122
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