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Pseudoretinitis pigmentosa due to syphilis: a case report and literature review

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete Treponema pallidum. Ocular involvement can occur at any time, and it may affect 10% of patients in the secondary stage, and from 2% to 5% in the tertiary stage. Uveitis is the most common presentation of ocular syphilis, affec...

Unilateral choroidal tuberculoma as an initial manifestation of presumed ocular tuberculosis: a case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT Choroidal tuberculomas are present in patients with ocular tuberculosis. They usually occur in a patient with previous history of tuberculosis, and are rarely the initial presentation, with no prior systemic manifestations. We present a patient with unilateral choroidal tuberculoma as the initia...

Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease. Case report and review of the literature

Rev. colomb. reumatol; 27 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease affects several parts of the body, such as eyes, meninges, ears, and skin. The progressive course of the disease can lead to blindness and deafness. The case is presented of a Hispanic woman (mixed-race) with visual alterations, headache, tinnitus, hearing loss, and ...

Reacción en cadena de la polimerasa en fluidos oculares en las formas atípicas de uveítis posterior
Polymerase chain reaction in ocular fluids in atypical forms of posterior uveitis

Rev. cuba. oftalmol; 32 (3), 2019
RESUMEN La toxoplasmosis ocular es la causa de uveítis posterior más frecuente en muchos países. El diagnóstico correcto se basa principalmente en las características clínicas de la enfermedad; pero en las formas de uveítis posterior atípicas se necesita el apoyo del laboratorio para confirmar el...

Yellowish dots in the retina: a finding of ocular syphilis?

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 77 (5), 2014
Here we report the occurrence of pale yellowish perivascular preretinal dots in 12 patients with ocular syphilis. A case series of these patients was examined between March and October 2012 at the Uveitis Sector of Universidade Federal de São Paulo. After diagnostic confirmation of syphilis, fundus phot...

Manifestaciones intraoculares de una enfermedad sistémica

Rev. Hosp. El Cruce; (14), 2013
Este reporte describe las formas de presentación clínica de uveítis posterior en pacientes con diagnóstico de aplasia medular. Se describe un caso, el tratamiento implementado y los resultados obtenidos....