1. Glenda Espinosa Barberi Hospital Doctor Negrín
Bilateral neuritis in patient with secondary syphilis and immunocompetent: clinical case
Glenda Espinosa Barberi
Hospital Doctor Negrín

2. Case report
Male, 48 years old with decreased visual acuity in right eye
Fisical examination:
Visual acuity: 1 RE/ 0.4 LE
Funduscopy:

3. Complementary tests
TCO

4. cOMPLEMENTARY TESTS
SEROLOGY
CSF CT

5. VC AND COLOR TEST

6. CONCLUSIONS
Syphilis is able to display diverse systemic manifestations.
Is necessary to search for syphilis in patients consulting with optic neuritis.
The ocular syphilis shuld be treated as if it were a neurosyphilis.
Antitreponemal therapy generates a fast and effective response.