Progressive blindness due to posterior uveitis following antisyphilitic treatment for interstitial keratitis.

Case B14682 a married man, aged 44 years, reported initially to the Venereology Department in 1952, having been referred by the ophthalmologist with right interstitial keratitis of 6 weeks' duration and a positive blood Wassermann reaction (WR). Investigations revealed no clinical abnormalities other than right interstitial keratitis and a strongly positive Wassermann reaction. The cerebrospinal fluid was normal and no clinical or personal data relevant to this patient or to his family, wife, or children, indicated whether his infection was acquired or congenital.