Abstract

Doc number: 226

Abstract

Background: Ocular syphilis is often difficult to diagnose because of the wide variation in clinical features.

HIV co-infection may further complicate the picture.

Case presentation: Herein the authors report an unusual primary syphilitic ocular lesion in a 45-year-old Italian HIV-infected bisexual man who presented with a unilateral eyelid lesion. Associated precocious signs and symptoms in the posterior segment of both eyes, bilateral chorioretinitis and uveitis, are described. Intravenous penicillin and steroid treatment produced a rapid improvement in clinical status and complete resolution.

Conclusions: Careful questioning about sexual behavior is crucial for unmasking unusual features of ocular syphilis in HIV-infected subjects.

Details

Title
Chancre of the eyelid as manifestation of primary syphilis, and precocious chorioretinitis and uveitis in an HIV-infected patient: a case report
Author
Cillino, Salvatore; Di Pace, Francesco; Trizzino, Marcello; Vecchi, Valentina Li; Di Carlo, Paola
Pages
226
Publication year
2012
Publication date
2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
e-ISSN
14712334
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1223699797
Copyright
© 2012 Cillino et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.