Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis as the presenting symptom of syphilis in an immunocompetent patient

Purpose: To report the case of an immunocompetent 62-year old woman with acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis. Observations: The patient presented with sudden, painless vision loss in the left eye (OS) four months after self-resolving decreased vision in the right eye (OD) which was in...

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Main Authors: Noha Sherif, Kay T. Khine, Odette M. Houghton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451993622004418