Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD » Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinitis

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fundus photograph of a 42 year-old male with positive VDRL and FTA-ABS, with a yellowish placoid lesion in the posterior pole.

Photographer: Ricardo Montoya, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis, syphilis

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Early phase fluorescein angiogram of a 42 year-old male, showing hyperflourescence with a granular pattern in the posterior pole.

Photographer: Ricardo Montoya, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis, syphilis

Aug 23 2012 by Gerardo Garcia-Aguirre, MD

Fluorescein angiogram of a 42 year-old male, showing hyperflourescence with a granular pattern in the posterior pole.

Photographer: Ricardo Montoya, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México

Condition/keywords: acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis, syphilis