Case Presentation: There is a trend for increasing frequency of primary and secondary syphilis in developed countries, especially in men who have sex with men. Ocular manifestations of syphilis are rare, occurring in less than one in 1 million persons. Distinctive patterns of syphilitic uveitis include white, focal preretinal opacities, and acute posterior placoid uveitis. [...]

Case Presentation: A 44 year-old woman presented with 10 days of acute onset decreased vision.  She reported “floaters” and bright flashes in her eyes, left worse than right. Her eyes felt “tired,” but not painful and she had no headache. A retinal specialist found bilateral optic nerve and macular edema, worse in her left eye. [...]

Case Presentation: An 87 year old male with a history of bilateral cataract surgery 18 months prior and recent immigration to the United States as a farmer from Honduras presented for bilateral vision loss and eye pain worsening over the last 3 months. Evaluation by Ophthalmology revealed left panuveitis, right anterior uveitis, and right retinal [...]

Case Presentation: A 44 year-old HIV-positive man on HAART with a CD4 count of 340 cells/mm3 and a history of primary syphilis treated with penicillin G benzathine presented to the ophthalmology clinic with five days of right eye redness, lacrimation, blurred vision and floaters. Examination of right eye revealed conjunctival injection and eyelid edema. Visual [...]

Case Presentation: A 48-year-old man without significant past medical history presented with 1 week of left eye central vision loss and left frontal headache. He denied eye pain or photophobia. Examination revealed left relative afferent pupillary defect and visual acuity at count fingers at 4 feet. Fundoscopic examination showed grade 5 disc/retinal edema with flame [...]