PURPOSE: To present ocular syphilis masquerading as an outer retinopathy. METHODS: Retrospective case series, including 2 patients with features of acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) complex diseases. RESULTS: Laboratory results confirmed the diagnosis of syphilis in the 2 cases. Therapy with intravenous penicillin led to an improvement in symptoms, visual acuity, and ancillary testing. CONCLUSIONS: The protean ophthalmic presentations of syphilis are well known. However, AZOOR-like presentation has not been described previously. This atypical outer retinopathy should alert physicians to keep syphilis in the differential diagnosis of any inflammatory disorder.
PURPOSE: To present ocular syphilis masquerading as an outer retinopathy. METHODS: Retrospective case series, including 2 patients with features of acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (AZOOR) complex diseases. RESULTS: Laboratory results confirmed the diagnosis of syphilis in the 2 cases. Therapy with intravenous penicillin led to an improvement in symptoms, visual acuity, and ancillary testing. CONCLUSIONS: The protean ophthalmic presentations of syphilis are well known. However, AZOOR-like presentation has not been described previously. This atypical outer retinopathy should alert physicians to keep syphilis in the differential diagnosis of any inflammatory disorder.
Authors: Mohamed G A Saleh; John Peter Campbell; Paul Yang; Phoebe Lin Journal: Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina Date: 2017-03-01 Impact factor: 1.300
Authors: Jonathan F Russell; Francesco Pichi; Nathan L Scott; Matthew J Hartley; Dugald Bell; Aniruddha Agarwal; Belinda Leong; Gary N Holland; K Bailey Freund; David Sarraf Journal: Int Ophthalmol Date: 2019-12-02 Impact factor: 2.031