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Case Reports
. 2025 Feb 25;18(1):70-72.
doi: 10.4103/ojo.ojo_89_24. eCollection 2025 Jan-Apr.

Unilateral chorioretinitis in early latent syphilis

Sanjeev Kumar Dhoot  1
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Unilateral chorioretinitis in early latent syphilis

Sanjeev Kumar Dhoot. Oman J Ophthalmol. .

Abstract

An interesting and unusual case of a 42-year-old Indian male with unilateral chorioretinitis, optic disc inflammation, and positive syphilis serology is presented, highlighting the need for a high index of suspicion in diagnosing this "great masquerader" with diverse manifestations.

Keywords: Chorioretinitis; fundus fluorescein angiography; ocular syphilis; optical coherence tomography; treponemal test.

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Figure 1
Peripapillary yellowish chorioretinitis lesion with swollen optic disc in the right eye
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Normal fundus appearance in the left eye
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(a and b) Fundus fluorescein angiography of the right eye with hyperfluorescence, disc and fern pattern vascular leakage
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Figure 4
Fundus fluorescein angiography of the left eye was normal
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Figure 5
Optical coherence tomography of the right eye with macular edema
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