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Published in final edited form as: Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina. 2017 Mar 1;48(3):208–215. doi: 10.3928/23258160-20170301-03

TABLE.

Case Summaries of Syphilitic Outer Retinopathy

Case	1	2	3
Age	57	45	51
Gender	M	M	M
SUN Category Uveitis	Posterior uveitis	Panuveitis	Posterior uveitis
Bilateral	Yes	No	No
Initial BCVA	OD: 20/40	OD: 20/20	OD: 20/20
	OS: HM	OS: CF	OS: 20/200
Treatment	1st: IV PCN G × 2 weeks	IV PCN G × 3 weeks	IV PCN G × 2 weeks
	2nd: IV PCN G × 4 weeks	IV PCN G × 3 weeks	IV PCN G × 2 weeks
Final BCVA	OD: 20/40	OD: 20/20	OD: 20/15
	OS: 20/30	OS: 20/30	OS: 20/20
Duration of follow-up	14 months	3.5 months	3 months
HIV status	Negative	Negative	Positive
CSF VDRL	Positive	Negative	Not done
Treponema IgG	Positive	Positive	Positive
RPR Titer	1:128	1:128	1:512

SUN = standardization of uveitis nomenclature; BCVA = best-corrected visual acuity; IV = intravenous; HM = hand motions; CF = count fingers; OD = right eye; OS = left eye; PCN = penicillin; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; CSF = cerebral spinal fluid; VDRL = venereal disease research laboratory test; IgG = immunoglobulin G; RPR = rapid plasma regain