Journals / Güncel Retina Dergisi / 2019 / Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 4

The Great Imitator: Syphilitic Uveitis

Büyük Taklitçi: Sifilitik Üveit

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283–289
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Cerebrospinal fluid sampling should be performed in all ocular syphilis patients and all patients should be screened for HIV infection.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Syphilis is an important etiology of uveitis because of its curable nature.
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Key Findings & Data:The prevalence of the syphilis is increasing in the developed countries especially among young males.
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Conclusion & Impact:Cerebrospinal fluid sampling should be performed in all ocular syphilis patients and all patients should be screened for HIV infection.
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Abstract

Syphilis is an important etiology of uveitis because of its curable nature. The prevalence of the syphilis is increasing in the developed countries especially among young males. A special consideration to its coexistence with the “Human immunodeficiency virus” (HIV) should be given. Since ocular syphilis can mimic most of the types of uveitis, it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all types of uveitis. Syphilis causes posterior uveitis and panuveitis more frequently and its main clinical findings are focal preretinal white opacities and acute posterior placoid uveitis. Although imaging methods are utilized in the diagnosis, serological tests performed after clinical suspicion should be the main diagnostic approach. Knowing the pearls of the nontreponemal and treponemal serological tests is very important. All cases with ocular syphilis should be treated like neurosyphilis. Cerebrospinal fluid sampling should be performed in all ocular syphilis patients and all patients should be screened for HIV infection.

Özet

Sifiliz, üveitin tedavi edilip kür sağlanabilen nedenlerinden biri olarak büyük önem arz etmektedir. Gelişmiş ülkelerde özellikle genç erkekler arasında sifiliz sıklığı artmaktadır. Diğer bir cinsel yolla bulaşan hastalık olan “Human immunodeficiency virus” (HIV) enfeksiyonu ile olan birlikteliğine dikkat etmek gerekir. Klinik bulguları birçok üveit tipini taklit edebildiği için tüm üveit olgularında akılda tutulması gereken bir hastalıktır. Daha sıklıkla arka üveit veya panüveit yapan sifilizin öne çıkan klinik bulguları fokal preretinal beyaz opasiteler ve akut posterior plakoid üveittir. Tanısında görüntüleme yöntemlerinden faydalanılsa da klinik şüpheden sonra tanı serolojik testlerle konulmaktadır. Nontreponemal ve treponemal serolojik testlerin püf noktalarının bilinmesi oldukça önemlidir. Tüm oküler sifiliz olguları nörosifiliz gibi tedavi edilmelidir. Oküler sifiliz tanısı alan tüm hastalardan BOS örneği alınmalı ve tüm hastalar HIV enfeksiyonu açısından taranmalıdır.

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Cite This Article

UÇAR, D., MERGEN, B. (2019). The Great Imitator: Syphilitic Uveitis. Güncel Retina Dergisi, Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 4, 283–289. https://ajindex.com/articles/162607

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