Placoid chorioretinopathy in systemic infections

• Published in: Orvosi hetilap Vol. 159; no. 22; p. 863
• Main Authors: Czakó, Cecília, Gergely, Róbert, Horváth, Hajnalka, Dohán, Judit, Kovács, Illés, Nagy, Zoltán Zsolt, Szepessy, Zsuzsanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Hungarian
• Published: Hungary 01-06-2018
• Subjects: Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Chorioretinitis - diagnostic imaging; Chorioretinitis - drug therapy; Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnostic imaging; Eye Infections, Bacterial - microbiology; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Humans; Penicillins - therapeutic use; Syphilis - diagnosis; Syphilis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis, Ocular - diagnosis; Tuberculosis, Ocular - drug therapy; gyulladás; placoid chorioretinopathia; tuberculosis; syphilis; szifilisz; sepiginous chorioiditis; tuberkulózis; placoid chorioretinopathy
• ISSN: 0030-6002
• DOI: 10.1556/650.2018.31080

To present two cases of placoid chorioretinopathy (ocular syphilis and ocular tuberculosis) and underline the importance of differential diagnosis.
Two young female patients presented with unilateral loss of vision. Fundus examination showed yellowish placoid lesions in the posterior pole in both cases.
Performing fluorescein angiography and laboratory investigations, ocular syphilis was diagnosed in our first case and intraocular tuberculosis was diagnosed in our second case.
It is important to determine the etiology of the placoid choriaretinopathies due to the different prognosis and therapy and the exclusion of systemic diseases. A comprehensive evaluation of these patients is inevitable for the correct diagnosis and appropriate management. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(22): 863-869.