Presentation and Outcomes of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy

Syphilis is known as the “the great masquerader,” because it can mimic symptoms and look like a wide array of other diseases. Dr. Edmund Tsui interviews Dr. Michael Huvard to learn how acute syphilitic posterior placoid chorioretinopathy presents in eyes and how patients are affected, from his Ophthalmology Retina article “Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy.”

Clinical Characteristics and Visual Outcomes of Acute Syphilitic Posterior Placoid Chorioretinopathy. Mirzania, Delaram et al. Ophthalmology Retina, Volume 7, Issue 12, 1080 - 1086

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