Papillitis in Neurosyphilis

Rom J Ophthalmol. 2019 Oct-Dec;63(4):406-411.

Abstract

We present a case of a 47-year-old female patient, with papillitis in the right eye and anterior uveitis in both eyes, as a manifestation of untreated neurosyphilis.

Keywords: anterior uveitis; optic nerve pathology; papillitis; visual field defects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / complications*
  • Eye Infections, Bacterial / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Neurosyphilis / complications*
  • Optic Disk / pathology*
  • Papilledema / diagnosis
  • Papilledema / etiology*
  • Slit Lamp Microscopy
  • Uveitis, Anterior / complications*
  • Uveitis, Anterior / diagnosis
  • Visual Acuity
  • Visual Field Tests
  • Visual Fields / physiology*