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