Keratopathy from congenital syphilis
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- DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200208000-00016
Keratopathy from congenital syphilis
Abstract
Purpose: Therapeutic decision-making in syphilitic corneal disease is discussed after seeing a patient with keratopathy from congenital syphilis.
Methods: Case report and review of the literature.
Results: Laboratory evaluation of our patient revealed a nonreactive serum rapid plasma reagin (RPR) test and a positive microhemagglutination assay-Treponema pallidum (MHA-TP) test.
Conclusion: Any patient with residual interstitial keratopathy, especially if bilateral, should be suspected to have congenital syphilis if the patient or parents were ever treated for a sexually transmitted disease, if stigmata of congenital syphilis are present, or if childhood ocular inflammation occurred.
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