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Anup Kelgaonkar1, Anamika Patel2, Mudit Tyagi3
1L V Prasad Eye Institute, Mithu Tulsi Chanrai Campus, Bhubaneswar, India.
Purpose:
To report an atypical case of bilateral syphilitic chorioretinitis.
Methods:
A case report.
Results:
A young male presented with bilateral pigmentary retinal changes along with multifocal chorioretinal lesions along the blood vessels giving a "beaded pearl" appearance. He was a hitherto undiagnosed case of human immunodeficiency virus infection and was diagnosed to have syphilis. He had a favourable visual and anatomical outcome following treatment.
Conclusion:
Multifocal chorioretinal lesions along blood vessels forming a "beaded pearls" appearance can be a rare and unique presentation of syphilis.
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