%0 Case Reports
%T Case Report: Bilateral Choroidal Neovascular Membranes in a Patient With a Delayed Diagnosis of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy.
%A Schimansky S
%A Burke T
%J Front Ophthalmol (Lausanne)
%V 2
%N 0
%D 2022
%M 38983504
暂无%R 10.3389/fopht.2022.890872
%X We report the case of a 78-year old man with a delayed diagnosis of syphilis and an advanced phenotype of acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinopathy after receiving 5 months of high dose steroids prior to anti-treponemal treatment. Bilateral choroidal neovascular membranes were present at the time of diagnosis and were successfully treated with intravitreal aflibercept, following completion of anti-treponemal therapy.