[A case of syphilitic keratitis and retinopathy].

Descemet’s scroll in syphilitic interstitial keratitis: a case report with anterior segment evaluation and a literature review

PURPOSE To present a case of syphilitic interstitial keratitis with Descemet's scrolls, as well as its characteristic findings in an anterior segment investigation in relation to the histopathologic findings from a literature review. CASE PRESENTATION A case report of a 64-year-old woman with syphilitic infection presented with band keratopathy and retrocorneal scrolls. Slit-lamp photography,...

Topical cortisone in the treatment of syphilitic interstitial keratitis; preliminary report of 20 cases (26 eyes).

THE majority of the reports which have been published on the treatment of syphilitic interstitial keratitis with topical cortisone have been concerned only with the more or less immediate effects of the hormone, and very few cases observed for more than about a year have been included. The reports have been conflicting, some authors obtaining excellent results, and others mediocre or poor resul...

Topical cortisone in syphilitic interstitial keratitis; review of twenty-three cases (29 eyes).

(1) Ignorance of its Value.-This has led to scepticism of good results that have been reported. (2) Contradictory Verdicts on its Value in the Literature.-Two years ago Woods (presumably representing American opinion) wrote that " syphilologists and ophthalmologists doubt whether cortisone therapy in interstitial keratitis is a justifiable procedure " (Woods, 1 952a). Also in America Purnell an...

Topical Cortisone in Syphilitic Interstitial Keratitis* Review of Twenty-three Cases (29 Eyes)

(1) Ignorance of its Value.-This has led to scepticism of good results that have been reported. (2) Contradictory Verdicts on its Value in the Literature.-Two years ago Woods (presumably representing American opinion) wrote that " syphilologists and ophthalmologists doubt whether cortisone therapy in interstitial keratitis is a justifiable procedure " (Woods, 1 952a). Also in America Purnell an...

Results of local cortisone therapy in syphilitic interstitial keratitis.