Diffuse Bilateral Subacute Placoid Chorioretinitis and Hot Optic Disc as Part of Ocular Manifestations of Neurosyphilis: A Case Report

Linda Oesterle; Reinhard Rüesch; Margarita G. Todorova

doi:10.1055/a-1353-5399

Klinische Monatsblätter für Augenheilkunde, Table of Contents

Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2021; 238(04): 434-436
DOI: 10.1055/a-1353-5399

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Diffuse Bilateral Subacute Placoid Chorioretinitis and Hot Optic Disc as Part of Ocular Manifestations of Neurosyphilis: A Case Report

Diffuse bilaterale subakute plakoide Chorioretinitis und Papillitis als Manifestationsform einer Neurosyphilis: Fallbericht

Linda Oesterle

¹Ophthalmology, Augenzentrum Wil, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

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Reinhard Rüesch

²Department of Ophthalmology (Chairman Prof. Dr. med. Ch. Valmaggia), Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

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Margarita G. Todorova

²Department of Ophthalmology (Chairman Prof. Dr. med. Ch. Valmaggia), Kantonsspital St Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

³Department of Ophthalmology (Chairman Prof. Dr. med. H. Scholl), University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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