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Syphilitic disc edema and periphlebitis
L S Halperin1, A S Berger, M G Grand
1Department of Ophthalmology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
This photo essay shows the retinal findings in a patient with presumed syphilitic disc edema and periphlebitis. Resolution of these findings after treatment with penicillin is documented by improvement in visual acuity from 20/50 to 20/25 in the right eye and from 20/200 to 2/20 in the left eye. Photographic documentation of the resolution of retinal findings, including disc edema and periphlebitis, is presented.