Diagnosis of Syphilitic Bilateral Papillitis Mimicking Papilloedema.
Treponema pallidum
bacteria
bilateral visual loss
eye impairment
idiopathic intracranial hypertension
optic disc swelling
papillitis
papilloedema
peripapillary retinitis
sexually transmitted infections
syphilis
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
ISSN: 1080-6059
Titre abrégé: Emerg Infect Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9508155
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 2020
01 2020
Historique:
entrez:
20
12
2019
pubmed:
20
12
2019
medline:
6
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31855531
doi: 10.3201/eid2601.191122
pmc: PMC6924901
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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