Sub-acute Painless Vision Loss Secondary to Neuro-Ocular Syphilis

Amarjyo Randhawa; Kiratjyot Randhawa; Akshat Sood; Joseph Thirumalareddy; Sunil Nair

doi:10.7759/cureus.34044

Sub-acute Painless Vision Loss Secondary to Neuro-Ocular Syphilis

Cureus. 2023 Jan 21;15(1):e34044. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34044. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Amarjyo Randhawa¹, Kiratjyot Randhawa², Akshat Sood³, Joseph Thirumalareddy⁴, Sunil Nair¹

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, CHI (Catholic Health Initiatives) Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, Omaha, USA.
² Medicine, Government Medical College, Amritsar, IND.
³ Internal Medicine, CHI (Catholic Health Initiatives) Creighton University, Omaha, USA.
⁴ Hospital Medicine, Internal Medicine, CHI (Catholic Health Initiatives) St. Alexius Hospital, Omaha, USA.

Abstract

There has been a consistent increase in syphilis cases in the United States over the past two decades. The prevalence of neuro-ocular involvement in syphilis is rare; however, with the increase in the prevalence of syphilis in the United States, more frequent encounters with complications of syphilis may be expected. Here, we present a case of sub-acute painless vision loss secondary to neuro-ocular syphilis.

Keywords: ocular syphilis; penicillin allergy; syphilis; treponema pallidum; vision loss.

Publication types

Case Reports