Acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinitis

File number: 93506

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By Aniruddha K Agarwal, MD
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Co-author(s): Julio J GONZALEZ-LOPEZ, MD, PhD, FEBO; IUSG
Uploaded on Apr 24, 2022.
Last modified by Joshua Friedman on Apr 25, 2022.

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Appears in: IUSG
Condition/keywords: chorioretinitis, syphilis, uveitis, IUSG
Photographer: Esther CIANCAS, MD, PhD, Gema CRESPO-RODRÍGUEZ, RN
Imaging device: Fundus camera
Zeiss Clarus fundus camera
Description: Green-light fundus autofluorescence (FAF) of the right eye from a 55-year-old man with risk factors for sexually trasnmitted diseases who presented to the retina clinic for a central scotoma. Funduscopy revealed a placoid lesion in the posterior pole. FAF highlights a hyperautofluorescent placoid lesion involving the macula with granular hyperfluorescence. The patient tested positive for syphilis and received intravenous penicillin treatment.