A Case of Syphilitic Outer Retinitis Mimicking Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
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A Case of Syphilitic Outer Retinitis Mimicking Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy
Dear Editor, Syphilis is a sexually transmitted, systemic infection with increasing prevalence. Ocular syphilis may develop at any stage of the disease process and can involve any ocular structure [1]. Ocular syphilis mimics any type of inflam-matory process without pathognomonic manifestations and often leads to misdiagnosis, resulting in permanent vision loss [1,2]. Syphilitic uveitis involvi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1011-8942,2092-9382
DOI: 10.3341/kjo.2014.28.6.497