Multimodal imaging of atypical acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis mimicking a white dot syndrome
Publication Date
2019
Journal Title
Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina
Abstract
© 2019 Slack Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. As rates of infectious syphilis continue to rise in the U.S., it is important to be familiar with known manifestations of ocular syphilis as well as report presentations not previously described in the literature. Here, the authors report a case of a 49-year-old myopic woman presenting with bilateral white dots characteristic of a white dot syndrome; these white dots were not evident on slit-lamp examination and became obvious on fundus autofluorescence. She tested positive and was successfully treated for syphilis. This case demonstrates that ocular syphilis can present with white dots and should be on the differential diagnosis of white dot syndromes.
Volume Number
50
Issue Number
2
Pages
E52 - E55
Document Type
Article
Status
Faculty
Facility
School of Medicine
Primary Department
Ophthalmology
PMID
DOI
10.3928/23258160-20190129-20
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