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Volume 38, Issue 4

Case Report

A Case of Ocular Syphilis Mimicking Acute Retinal Necrosis

Berire Yavuz
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9587-3589
,
Gülcan Özdemir
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5844-2501
,
Hüseyin Atak
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-2173-9572
,
Çağlayan Merve Ayaz
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-8683
,
Mehmet Erkan Doğan
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8474-4861
,
Dilara İnan
Affiliations
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Antalya, Türkiye
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7551-6728
  • acute retinal necrosis
  • ocular syphilis
  • Syphilis

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Syphilis is a systemic disease caused by Treponema pallidum, primarily transmitted through sexual contact and progressing in stages. Ocular involvement can occur at any stage of the disease and may affect all layers of the eye. Although uveitis is the most common manifestation of ocular syphilis, it can mimic other ocular conditions. Acute retinal necrosis (ARN) is a rapidly progressive clinical syndrome, usually caused by herpes viruses, and may lead to severe visual loss. Empirical antiviral therapy is recommended when ARN is suspected. This report presents a rare case of ocular syphilis mimicking the clinical features of acute retinal necrosis.

Keywords: Syphilis, ocular syphilis, acute retinal necrosis

  • 249-51
  • Berire Yavuz
  • [email protected]
  • 10.36519/kd.2025.5207
  • February 14, 2025
  • August 29, 2025
  • December 29, 2025

  • Yavuz B, Özdemir G, Atak H, Ayaz ÇM, Doğan ME, İnan D. [A case of ocular syphilis mimicking acute retinal necrosis]. Klimik Derg. 2025;38(4):249-51. Turkish.
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