Syphilitic chorioretinitis presenting as a choroidal granuloma.
Administration, Intravenous
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents
/ administration & dosage
Chorioretinitis
/ microbiology
Choroid
/ pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Eye Infections, Bacterial
/ microbiology
Fundus Oculi
Granuloma
/ diagnosis
Hemagglutination Tests
/ methods
Humans
Male
Penicillin G
/ administration & dosage
Syphilis
/ complications
Tomography, Optical Coherence
/ methods
Treatment Outcome
Treponema pallidum
/ isolation & purification
infectious diseases
retina
syphilis
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
06 Apr 2020
06 Apr 2020
Historique:
entrez:
9
4
2020
pubmed:
9
4
2020
medline:
13
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A rare case of syphilitic uveitis presenting as a choroidal granuloma is described in this case report. The clinical picture resembled that of a tubercular choroidal granuloma. However, the patient was positive for treponemal (treponema pallidum hemagglutination assay) as well as non-treponemal tests (venereal disease research laboratory test) for syphilis. Therefore, the patient was treated for ocular syphilis and responded to antisyphilitic therapy. There was a complete resolution of the lesion at the end of 14 days of treatment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32265212
pii: 13/4/e234022
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-234022
pmc: PMC7244271
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anti-Bacterial Agents
0
Penicillin G
Q42T66VG0C
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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