Syphilis - optic neuropathy and placoid maculopathy
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46 year old woman with black shadow over sight in the right eye starting about 2.5 weeks ago. The left eye is OK. The vision in the right eye is not any better or worse than it was when it started. There is no pain in the eyes. There is no pain on eye movement. She has dizziness once in a while with medication that she takes for bipolar. She has no history of focal neurological changes. She has 4 adult cats that live outside for the most part. She has had them for years. She inherited her mother's cats when her mother passed away. She had a severe rash from a medication for bipolar depression starting before Halloween. She has had no fevers or problems lately. She has no headaches. •VA OD: Dcc20/200-2 Ncc20/800+1 ; RPR tirer was 1:128 and RPR qual wias reactive. She also had IgG but not IgM for bartonella. Treponema was 15.33. Her WBC was normal.
•VA OS: Dcc20/20-2 NccJ3
The optic discs are both swollen and the FAF and ICG show a placoid maculopathy in the right eye. The OCT scans both show posterior vitreous cells.
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy639 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy595 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy550 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy527 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy585 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy539 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy504 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy516 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy496 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy477 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy542 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy485 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy479 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy468 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy533 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy486 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy505 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy464 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy475 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy418 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy538 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy554 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy472 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy509 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy487 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy528 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy510 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy507 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy510 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy538 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy574 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy561 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy532 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy536 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy522 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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Syphillitic Optic Neuropathy and Maculopathy594 views46 year old woman with 2 weeks of vision loss OD. VA 20/200 OD; 20/20 OS. there are posterior vitreous cells on OCT in both eyes. ICG, FAF, and FA show an abnormal macula OD. VA improved to 20/30 within a month with treatment with PCN.     (0 votes)
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46 year old woman with black shadow over sight in the right eye starting about 2.5 weeks ago. The left eye is OK. The vision in the right eye is not any better or worse than it was when it started. There is no pain in the eyes. There is no pain on eye movement. She has dizziness once in a while with medication that she takes for bipolar. She has no history of focal neurological changes. She has 4 adult cats that live outside for the most part. She has had them for years. She inherited her mother's cats when her mother passed away. She had a severe rash from a medication for bipolar depression starting before Halloween. She has had no fevers or problems lately. She has no headaches. •VA OD: Dcc20/200-2 Ncc20/800+1 ; RPR tirer was 1:128 and RPR qual wias reactive. She also had IgG but not IgM for bartonella. Treponema was 15.33. Her WBC was normal.
•VA OS: Dcc20/20-2 NccJ3
The optic discs are both swollen and the FAF and ICG show a placoid maculopathy in the right eye. The OCT scans both show posterior vitreous cells.