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Abstract #46584 Published in IGR 13-3
On a problem of syphilitic damage of the eye
Torshina IE; Mogilevtsev VV; Lugovaia AAVestnik Oftalmologii 2011; 127: 52-55
Clinical features and epidemiology of syphilitic damage of the eye in Smolensk region was studied in 1996-2008 period. 32 medical charts of patients with ophthalmosyphilis were analyzed. Ophthalmosyphilis is usually registered in patients with secondary syphilis with disease duration more than 6 months (56.3%) and in patients with late neurosyphilis (40.6%). The diagnosis was established in 24.5+4.8 (from 14 till 34) days after clinical presentation. Clinical forms of ophthalmosyphilis included bilateral uveitis (15.6%), optic neuritis (15.8%), iridocyclitis (12.5%) and choreoretinitis (12.5%). Complications of ophthalmosyphilis included optic nerve atrophy developed in 6.2%, cataract--6.2% and glaucoma--3.1%. In epidemiologically unfavorable situation caution should be taken by ophthalmologists in terms of syphilitic infection, appropriate laboratory tests should be considered. LA: Russian
I.E. Torshina.
Classification:
9.4.15 Glaucoma in relation to systemic disease (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)
9.4.6 Glaucomas associated with inflammation, uveitis (Part of: 9 Clinical forms of glaucomas > 9.4 Glaucomas associated with other ocular and systemic disorders)